Survey of the Philippine Literature

It is the first Filipino alphabet

• Alibata

• abakada

• Christian Doctrine

• Roman Alphabet

These have been the source of Myths and Legends of Greece. They were written by Homer.

• The Divine Comedy

• The Koran

• Canterbury Tales

• The Iliad and the Odyssey

These are also fictitious and they deal with animals and inanimate things who speak and act like people and their purpose is to enlighten the minds of children to events that can mold their ways and attitudes

• Essay

• Anecdotes

• Fables

• Legend

This is a Biblical story printed in the Philippines and translated to Tagalog from Greek by Fr. Antonio de Borja

• Barlaan at Josephat

• The passion

• Urbana at Felisa

• Doctrina Cristiana (The Christian Doctrine)

This is a chant in free verse by a bereaved person or his representative beside the corpse of the dead. No definite meter or rhyming scheme is used.

• The Book of the Days

• The Moro-Moro

• The Book of the Dead

• The Dung-Aw