Philippine Literature

In the Spanish period most of the works are

• Oral

• Written

A narrative song and poetry in a form of ballad which depicts lives of the moral and farewell of the singer itself.

• Awit

• Corrido

This is very similar to tanaga which is unique and that in a stanza should be complete, grammaticaly complete sentence.

• Awit

• Corrido

A statement or a question with unveiled meaning or doubled meaning.

• Bugtong

• Salawikain

This is a genre fiction which consists of heroine-centered narratives that focuses on the trials and tribulations of their individual protagonists.

• Chick lit

• Mobile phone textula

This is an online journal or informational website displaying information in the reverse chronological order.

A folk drama performed in the villages throughout the Philippines during fiestas

The famous work of Francisco Baltazar.

• Noli Me Tangere

• Florante at Laura

• Diariong Tagalog

A literary work originally written on a cellular phone via text messaging.

The following writers are famous in the stages of Filipino literature except one.

• Jose Rizal

• Francisco Baltazar

• Apolinario Mabini