Spanish Colonization:

Brought changes in the Philippine Literature in three areas:

-- Content

-- Medium (language)

-- Form

Spanish came with sword and cross with the purpose of:

* Territorial Expansion 

* Evangelization

To serve this purpose they need a tool of Philippine Literature

The content of Literature during their time is mostly:

: Pasion

:Life of Saints

:Religious Books

:Prayers

:Psalms

:Marian Hymns

 Spaniards  needed a translators to:

> Thought Spanish language to the selective Filipino People

> Introduce the use of  Roman Alphabets

and finally on 1593 ,The Spaniards brought in the Printing Press.

Medium(language) became TRIALINGUA 

* Castillan ( Spanish Language)

*Tagalog

* Various dialects of the different tribes.