Literatur

e Of
Ilocos
Region

Ilokano literatureorIloko
literature
literary works of writers of
Ilocano ancestry
regardless of
language used
oIloko
oEnglish
oSpanish
oforeign
oPhilippine languages
one of the most active tributaries

History of Iloko literature

Pre-Colonial
*Folk Songs
*Riddles
*Proverbs
*Lamentation called dung-aw
*Epic stories (written or oral)
Express themselves in Folk and war
songs as well as dallot , an
improvised, versified and at times
impromptu long poem delivered in

Earliest known written Iloko poems

oRomances translated from
Spanish by
Francisco Lopez
oDoctrina Cristiana by Cardinal
Bellarmine
Study of Iloko Poetry
Gramatika Ilokana-1895
Lopez Arte de a Lengua Iloca1627
(probably written before
1606)

Pedro Bucaneg-collaborated with

Lopez in the translation of the
Doctrina into Iloko
oFirst known Ilokano poet
oFather of Ilokano Poetry and
Literature
oBlind since childhood
oBiag ni Lam-ang-17th century
Published in El Ilocano-18891890
Vida de Lam-ang

18th Century
Missionaries used religious,
secular literatures Christianity
Religious works:
Sumario de las
Indulgencias(1719)-Fr. Jacinto
Rivera
Pasion(St. Vincent Ferrers
Sermons into Iloko) (1845)-Fr.
Antonio Mejia

19th Century
Leona Florentino- National
Poetess of the Philippines
opoems appeared too syrupy for
comfort
otoo sentimental to the point of
mawkishness
oUtterly devoid of form
Fr. Justo Claudio Fojas- Ilokano
secular priest, Leona Florentinos
Contemporary
oNovenas

oMetrical Romances
oDramas
oBiographies
oSpanish grammar dictionary
oIloko-Spanish dictionary
Isabelo de los Reyes- Leonas son
oPoems
oStories
oFolklore
oStudies
oSeemingly interminable religious
oPolitical Articles

Comedia (moro-moro) & Zarzuela

opresented for the first time in the
Ilocos (19th Century)
oStill popular today as they were
first staged
Comedia scripted from corridos
oPrince Don Juan
oAri Esteban ken Reyna Hipolita
oDoce Paris
oBernardo Carpio
oJaime Del Prado

Marcelino Mena Crisologo-helped

popularize Zarzuela based on
culture & traditions of the Iocos
Norte
Pascual Agcaoili y Guerrero (18891958)- wrote and staged Daguiti
Agpaspasukmon Basi
Isaias R. Lazo (1887-1983)- wrote
comedia and zarzuela
Matilde de Sinapangan- Rufino

Ayat, Kaanonto Ngata?(Love,

when shall be?)
-Written before the end of 18th
century
Arturo Centeno- wrote three
novels
oApay a Di Mangasawa? (why
doesnt he get married?)
oDispensara
oPadi a Puraw Wenno Naamo a
Kibin (A white priest or a good
guide)

20th Century
-more intense in literary activity
Biag ti Maysa a Lakay, Wenno
Nakaam-ames a Bales (Life of an
old Man, or a Dreadful Revenge)
Mariano Gaerlan (1909)
Uray Narigat no Paguimbagan
(Impovement Despite Obstacles)
Facundo Madriaga (1911)

Mining Wenno Ayat ti Cararua

(Mining or Spiritual Love)
Marcelino Pea Crisologo (1914)
Nasam-it ken Narucbos nga
Sabong Dagiti Dardarepdep ti
Agbaniaga (Sweet and Fresh
Flower of a Traveler's Dreams)
Marcos E. Milon (1921)
Sabsabong ken Lulua (Flowers
and Tears) R. Respicio (1930)

Apay a Pinatayda ni Naw Simon?

(Why did they Kill Don Simon?) Leon C. Pichay (1935)
first known detective novel in
Iloko
Bannawag Magazine (sister
publication of Liwayway, Bisaya and
Hiigaynon) Nov. 3, 1934
oIloko literature reached headland
oMany Ilokanos started to write
Literary pieces

Early Bannawag short stories in

1920s poor imitations of equally
poor American fiction
Bannawag resumed publication in
1947
oWar
oGuerilla activities
oJapanese Artrocities
oMurder
oPillage
oDeath

Leopoldo Y. Yabes (UP) made a

brief survey of Iloko Literature
(1934)
Findings: Iloko Literature began
with Pedro Bukaneg
Thomas B. Alcid (UST) made a
study on Iloko prose fiction
discussed the Iloko short story
and the Iloko nevel and their
possibilities in Philippine
Literature (1940)
Findings: Short stories and novels

Mercedes F. Guerrero (MLQEI) made a master thesis titled

Critical Analysis of the
Outstanding Iloko Short Stories
Published in the Bannawag from
1948 to 1952
Findings: Iloko Stories offer a mine
of information about the ideals and
customs of the Filipino people
Dalang: An Introduction to
Philippine Literature in Iloko Dr.
Marcelino A. Foronda, Jr. (1967)

Bannnawag
Poems (daniw)
Short Stories (sarita)
Novels (nobela)
Essays (salaysay)
Comics
Biographies
Folktales

BIAG NI LAMANG(Life of
Lam-ang) is
preHispanicepic
poemof
theIlocano
peopleof the
Philippines.
The story was
handed down
orally for
generations
before it was
written down
around 1640
assumedly by
a blind Ilokano
bard named
Pedro
Bucaneg.

Biag ni Lamang