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21st Century Literature of the Philippines and the World

PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD/PRE-SPANISH PERIOD- Literature was principally oral in as much as writing was not yet
invented and more of the works were concise poetic.

Bugtong (Riddles) Salawikain (Proverbs) Kasabihan (Saying) Kantahing bayan (Folk song) Oyayi (Lullaby) Soliranin
(Boat Song) Kumintang (War Song) Diona (Wedding Song) Dalit (Religious Song) Kundiman (Love Song) Dipayanin
(Drinking Song) Hibais (Travel Song) Bung-aw (Funeral Song) Bansal (Courting Song)
With the passage of time Oral Literature becomes Lengthy and this long forms Was the epic such as: Biag ni Lam-ang
(Ilocanos) Alim and Hudhud (Ifugaos) Kumintang (Tagalog) Ibalon (Bicolanos) Maragtas and Hinilawod (Visayas) Hari
sa Bukid (Hiligaynon) Dagoy and Sudsud (Tagbanuas) Bantugan (Muslims) Indarapatra and Sulayman (Maguindanao)
Tatuaang (Bagobos)

Prose and Works Alamat (Legends) Myth (Mito) Kwentong bayan (folk tales) Pabula (Fables) Parabola (Parables)

The oral works are able to translate in Written Work through The use of SYLLABARY called ALIBATA

Ferdinand Magellan is the one who Discovered Philippines


The mission of Spanish Friars is to spread the CHRISTIANITY

DOCTRINA CRISTIANA
Catholic book of prayers and doctrines

FRANCISCO BALTAZAR (Ama ng Balagtasan) wrote the immortal allegorical work Entitled FLORANTE AT LAURA

AWIT composed of dodecasyllabic monoriming quatrains an opposed to KORIDO which is octasyllabic monoriming
quatrains.

CRISOSTOMO SOTTO (Father of Pampango Literature)


PEDRO BUKANEG (Father of Ilocano Literature)
Fr. MODESTO DE CASTRO wrote Urbana and Felisa (book of etiquette)

SPANISH PERIOD
More productive part of the period
The propagandist raised led by Dr. Jose Rizal batted For ASSIMILATION

GAT ANDRESS BONIFACIO Head of the Revolutionists and the Supremo of Katipunan

LA SOLIDARIDAD EL FILIBUSTERISMO NOLI ME TANGERE

PSEUDONYMS
RIZAL- Dimas Alang and Laong Laan
DEL PILAR- Plaridel JAENA- Diego Laura
JOSE MA. PANGANIBAN- Jomapa

AMERICAN PERIOD

 American defeated Spaniards in Spanish-American War which resulted in TREATY OF PARIS Introduced the public
school system in the Philippines and English Language

THOMASITES- first English teachers. The Filipino Learned language and used it in their writings Freedom of
expression Freedom of press

List of periods of Philippine Literature in English

1. Period of Orientation- 1900-1910


2. Period of Apprenticeship- 1910-1920
3. Period of Experimentation- 1920-1940
4. Period of Discontent- !941-1944
5. Post-war Period- 1945-1950 Modern
6. Period- 1951-1971
7. Martial Law Era- 1971-1986
8. Contemporary Period- 1986 to present

Similarities and differences of periods of the Philippine Literature

1.Period of Re-orientation- 1898-1910


2.Period of Imitation- 1910-1925
3.Period of Self discovery- 1925-1941
4.postwar- re-orientation- 1945
5.The rebirth of freedom- 1946-1970
6. Period of Activism- 1970-1972
7. Period of New Society- 1972-1981
8. Period of the Third Republic- 1981-1985
9. Contemporary period- 1986 to present

Writer Guides or Organization

P-oets
E-ssayist
N-ovelist

JAPANESE PERIOD

 The invaders saw to it that Filipino movements be limited


 The writers stop wielding pens and started wielding guns
 They introduce Nippongo and their literary arts and forms

Ikebana- art of arranging flowers


Origami- art of folding papers
Tempura and sushi- cuisine Haiku Tanka senryu Poetic Forms

HAIKU -Short descriptive poem about nature -Consisting 17 syllables -5 syllables in the first line -7 syllables in the
second line -5 syllables in the third line

SENRYU -a 3 lines similar to haiku structure with 5-7-5 but differs from the latter in rhyme -the subject is human
nature
The tone is satirical and ironical

TANKA -The longest among three -has 5 lines and 31 syllables -5-7-5-7-7
The end of war spelled hope to the dormant writers who Woke up for their lethargy and began creating outputs.

CARLOS PALANCA MEMORIAL AWARDS FOR LITERATURE -known to be the most prestigious and longest-running
award-giving body In the field of literature, equivalent to the world-renowned Pulitzer Prize

MARTIAL LAW BY MARCOS -September 21, 1972 -the freedom of the press was curtailed in much the same way as
the other freedoms (speech, assembly) Were suppressed. January 1, 1981 -after lifting of martial law

EDSA REVOLUTION -the climax and most intense protest, Reform the Army Movement (RAM) -Marcos loyalist
soldiers

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