Philippine Literature Period

Early Times – 1564

This is the first ever period of the Philippine literary history.
Here we learn about riddles,proverbs,legends,epics,”tanaga” and many more.

Spanish – 1565-1863
Spanish occupied Philippines in early 15th century.
Two distinct classifications-religious and secular
Religious Literature – religious lyrics written by Ladino poets
Secular Literature – non-religious literature
Spanish Colonization Period also has oral and written literature.

Oral literature – songs,religious,written literature

Songs- a composition for voice and voices performed by singing.
Religious Drama – setting forth events recorded in the Bible.
Drama – enacted in front of live audiences.
Written Literature – short stories and poetry
Short stories – a brief work of literature
Poetry – an imaginative awareness of experience express through meaning,sound
And rhythmic language.

1838 – Florante and Laura – about the love and determination

NOTABLE FILIPINOS DURING THE SPANISH COLONIZATION PERIOD IN
THE PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
Jose Dela Cruz (1746-1829) – he was the foremost exponent of the comedia
during that time.
Franciso Baltazar (1788-1862) – known as Master of traditional Tagalog poetry.

NATIONALISTIC/PROPAGANDA AND REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD

(1864-1896)
Forms of literary under this period includes literature and revolutionary literature.
Propaganda Literature – reformatory in objective
A. Political Essays examples are Diariong Tagalog and La Solidaridad
B. Political Novels examples are Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo
Revolutionary Literature – more propagandistic than literary
A. Political Essays – helped inflamed the spirit of revolution
1896-kalayaan (newspaper of Katipunan) meaning independence and
solidarity edited by Emilio Jacinto
B. Poetry
1896 - Hibik ng Pilipinas – Andres Bonifacio
1896 – Liwanag at Dilim – Emilio Jacinto
1898 – True Decalogue – Apolinario Mabini
RIZALIST AGE
1896-1899
1896- Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo sparked revolution in 1896
RIZAL AND CONTEMPORARIES
José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
- Philippine National Hero

Marcelo H. Del Pilar

- Co-publisher of La Solidaridad

Andres Bonifacio
- Father of the Philippine Revolution

AMERICAN COLONIZATION PERIOD

1901- 1946
Philipine literature in English is a result of the Americans taking over our country

A. Period of Apprenticeship (1910-1930)

- Tagalog Novels
- Romantic Poetry
- Short Stories
Novels
1930 - Childe of Sorrow – First English Novel

A. Period of Emergence (1920-1930)

Short Stories – most prevalent literary form
JOSE GARCIA VILLA
- “POET OF THE CENTURY”
Writers given a chance to write in the newspaper
1902 - Ang Kaluwasan (Cebuano)
1903 – Muling Paglisan (Tagalog)
1913 – Makinaugalingon (Ilonggo)
1908 - Nueva Era (Ilokano)
The best-known magazines that capitalized on short stories and poem
- 1922 – Liwayway (Tagalog)
- 1930 – Bisaya (Cebuano)
- 1934 – Hiligaynon (Ilonggo)
- 1934 – Bannawag (Ilokano)
JAPANESE COLONIZATION PERIOD
1946 – 1960
A.War Years (1942 – 1944)
1943 – 25 Pinakamabuting Maikling Kathang Pilipino
B.Period of Maturity and Originality (1945 – 1960)
- Palanca Awards of Literature – (1950)
- National Artist Awards – Filipino who made significant
development of Philippine Art
- 1946 – Ginto Sa Makiling – Macario Pineda
- 1947 - Heart of the Islands – Manuel Viray
- 1950 – Philippine Cross Section – Maximo Ramos and
Florentino Valeros
- 1952 – Prose and Poems – Nick Joaquin
- 1953 – Philippine Writing – T.D. Agcaoili
CONTEMORARY/MODERN PERIOD
1986- PRESENT
- Onomatopoeia – use of words that imitate the sound within
the objects or action they refer to
- Message in Poetry – idea about life that a poet called the
message of the poem
- Free Verse – a poem that has no regular rhyme or rhythm

CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIP

-Using Adjectives – is word that describes or points out a noun

MAKING CLEAR AND CORRECT COMPARISON

1986 – Martial rule by President Marcos last September 1972
1997 – The most comprehensive compilation of feminist writing
in the Philippines
1998 – Writing many novels, had to read 350 novel entries for
the Philippine centennial literary contest in 1998.
2000s – many novels in English seem to have written for literary
like Palanca and Asia Man
2010s – debate over textual and contextual criticism and
modernism, more popular but banal issue is called “literature
and proganda.”