Sunday, August 16, 2009

Florante at Laura Literary Form

Florante at Laura is written in a literary form called Awit, a word which in its present usage means "song". But the literary form called Awit is a poetic form which has the following characteristics:

1. 4 lines per stanza;
2. 12 syllables per line;
3. a rhyme scheme of AAAA (in the Tagalog manner of rhyming described by José Rizal in Tagalische Verskunst);
4. a slight pause on the sixth syllable;
5. each stanza is usually a complete grammatically-correct sentence;
6. each stanza is full of figures of speech (according to Fernando Monleon, Balagtas used 28 types in 395 instances throughout the poem);
7. (according to the tradition during Balagtas' time,) the author remained anonymous,
8. he/she offered his/her poem to Maria Asuncion "Selya" Rivera (a tradition which Balagtas built upon in Kay Celia); and
9. he/she asked for the reader's pardon (which Balagtas does very confidently in Sa Babasa Nito).

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Florante at Laura By Francisco Baltazar

Florante at Laura in English is Florante and Laura was written by Francisco Baltazar. He is also known as Francisco Balagtas. Florante at Laura is one of the masterpieces of Philippine literature. The name "Florante at Laura" is an abbreviation of the actual title which, written in archaic Tagalog, is "Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Florante at ni Laura sa Cahariang Albania: Quinuha sa madlang "cuadro histórico" o pinturang nagsasabi sa mga nangyayari nang unang panahón sa Imperio ng Grecia, at tinula ng isang matouain sa versong Tagalog."

In English "The Life of Florante and Laura in the Kingdom of Albania: Culled from a publicly-displayed "cuadro histórico" or historical painting which describes the events which were occurring during ancient times in the empire of Greece, and penned by someone who enjoys Tagalog verse."

In modern Tagalog Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Florante at ni Laura sa Kahariang Albanya: Kinuha sa madlang "cuadro histórico" o pinturang nagsasabi sa mga nangyayari nang unang panahon sa Imperyo ng Gresya, at tinula ng isang matuwain sa bersong Tagalog."

Sunday, July 12, 2009

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