CAE 8 LT 3.

1 Reviewer  Tales and stories that are part of the

’19-‘20 culture and traditions of a nation

South East Asian Literature Myths

 Stories about beliefs
Functions or Roles
Education
Legends
 Explores the quality of life
 Origin stories
 Shows ethnic conflicts
 Explores culture Proverbs
 Express social issues  Guide in life and lessons
 Demonstrates cultural intricacy
 Discovers gender roles Riddles
 Trigger the mind in critical thinking
Hope  Trick questions that are mostly about
 Medium of change describing an object or person
 Inspires others to improve their condition
 Pictures people’s relationship with the Literary Themes
environment Daily struggles of humanity
Destiny or fate
Reform Love
 Freedom from colonial rule Familial relationship
 Promotes social responsibility and social Rural vs urban
consciousness Supernatural
 Exposes political power and corruption Mythical beings
Strength of human character
Literary Genre Naturalism
Oral Anti-colonialism
 Word of mouth

Religious Narratives
 First religious narrative in the
Philippines: Doctrina Christiana

Epic Poetry
 Speaks of heroic deeds in the form of
poetry
 Religious writings
Historical Novels  Songs or exorcisms
 Novels focusing on historical and past  Similar to biblical psalms
events  Highly Muslim
 With Indian nuances
Short Stories  Panchatantra  Pancha means 5,
 Contains lessons and a theme tantra means books = 5 books
(collection of fables)
Folk Tales  Pantun  4 lines, romantic

S.M.F. Legaspi | CAE LT 3.1 Reviewer

’19-‘20
 Miss Saigon  play about the

Legendary Epic (Pre-Colonial)  Spanish

Vietnamese war (starring Lea Salonga)
 Used to be a city in China
 Depicts humor, realism, and irony
 Oriental Philosophy  harmonizes the
natural and social world
 Buddhism, Taoism, Animism,
Confucianism
 Modern Literature  texts are evidence
of realism
 Hope to bring reform to Vietnamese life
Regime  American Occupation  Post-
War Era
Legendary Epic
 Based on expressive culture (epic, myth,
legends, tales, riddles, proverbs, rituals)
 Cultural values with universal themes
(miraculous birth of a hero, precocious
strength, magical powers)
 Herculean deeds
 Journeys to the underworld and sky
 Death and resuscitation

Spanish Regime
 Pasyon
 Moro-Moro
 Awit at Corido
 Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not), El
Filibusterismo (The Filibuster)
 Best known for poetry
 Klon’s Pet Ton  musical love songs American Occupation
 Ramakien  longer narrative love verse  Period of Apprenticeship and Immitation
intended to be sung and accompanied
by dance Irony
 Jataka Tales  Aesop’s Fables  Expressions with a different meaning
 Theme of Rice  gather as much as  Does not follow the typical stereotype
you need for one day  Expectation vs Reality
 Fate and karma  Contradicts OWN ideas
 Buddhist concepts of merit and demerit
 Mythological, historical, religious Kinds
 Legal literature anchored on Buddhist Verbal
cannon
 Similar to sarcasm but without mockery
 Realist novels dealing with
 Saying the opposite of what you mean
psychological problems
 Contrary
 Without the intention of offending others

S.M.F. Legaspi | CAE LT 3.1 Reviewer

’19-‘20
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 “Being good at something yet failing” (stron possibili
 Unexpected reality gest is ty
must)
Dramatic
 Creates suspense and tension
 Knowing what to expect and what would Obligation or Freedom to Act
happen yet feeling surprised Obligation Prohibition Weak
Obligation
Modals must, will, ____ not should, might,
need shall
 “demi-verbs”
duty or not allowed weak duty
 NOT verbs, NO tense
responsibility
 Auxiliary or supporting verbs
 Gives additional information
Willingness, Permission Ability
 Cannot be shown or acted out physically Insisting,
 Great variety of communicative Offering, and
functions Volunteerism
will, would, can, may, can
shall might
acting with full asking for capability
will approval
Perfective
Linking
Auxiliary Verbs Dummy Do’s 2 Types of Characters Based on
Modals Complexity
Round
 Becomes a question when transferred at  More realistic and represents a depth of
the beginning of a sentence personality
 Possesses both good and bad habits
Features  Has interior conflicts
 -s cannot be added  Physically, mentally, emotionally
 Question by inversion developed by the character
 Followed directly by infinitive of another
verb Flat
 Can be negated by adding ‘not’  No details about their characteristics
Function and identity
Certainty  Lack of realistic personality
Certai Possib Weak Habitu Conditi  Commonly minor and supporting
nty ility Probab al onal characters
ility Probab Certaint  Not well developed
ility y
shall, should, might, can, would,
will, may could may could,
must, might
can,
would
surene chance less often if
S.M.F. Legaspi | CAE LT 3.1 Reviewer
’19-‘20