SLAM POETRY MAKING/ SPOKEN

POETRY
Each student will write their own
original slam poetry piece that is
focused on living the Filipino
culture, spirit or experience.

The spoken poetry piece can be

written in English or Filipino, or
mix of both languages.

Each student has to shoot a

video of themselves reciting the
slam poetry.
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Each video should have a
minimum runtime of 4 minutes
to maximum of 5 minutes.
They can use any editing
software and music to
accompany their slam poetry.

Entries should be submitted in

any digital format, stored inside
a USB Disk.
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Criteria:
1. Content – 30%
2. Originality – 25%
3. Creativity/Technicality – 25%
4. Delivery – 20%

Deadline of entries will be on

February 8, 2017, Wednesday.
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CONTEMPORARY ARTS FROM THE PHILIPPINE
REGIONS
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How did the national
artists of the
Philippines for
literature
contributed to the
development of arts
in the country?
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Philippine literature
is a rich group of
works that developed
throughout history.

Early Filipinos had

stories to tell to
younger generations.
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Rich collection of
fables, legends,
and myths.

Babaylan, early
healers, used
chants to please
the supernatural
beings for good
health and
fortune.
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Spaniards used
literature in
spreading
Christianity.

Americans used
English language
and Filipinos were
adept in using it, in
literary sense as
well.
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Contemporary
writers are
expanding the
horizon of reality
and imagination
in their works to
reflect the
Filipino spirit.
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Philippine literature
is diverse, it
focuses on the
country’s post
colonial heritage,
politics and modern
traditions.
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Francisco Arcellana
1916-2002
Year of Conferment: 1990
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Francisco Arcellana
One of the greatest
poets of his time.
Studied in Tondo
Intermediate School.
In Manila West High
School, he took his
writing seriously and
became a staff member
of the Torres Torch, their
school paper.
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Francisco Arcellana
He wrote his first story,
“The Man Who Would Be
Poe”.
Pioneers of the modern
Filipino short stories in
English.
His style is lyrical-prose-
poetic form.
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Francisco Arcellana
Exceptional fiction works
include:
Death in a Factory
A Clown Remembers
Divided by Two
Poems include:
The Other Woman
To Touch You
I Touch Her
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N.V.M Gonzalez
1915-1999
Year of Conferment: 1997
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Nestor Vicente Gonzalez
Born on September 8,
1915 in Romblon.
Received a Rocketfeller
Foundation Fellowship,
which allowed him to
study in Standford
University and Columbia
University.
Famed poet, story writer,
essayist, professor and
recipient of different
awards.
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Nestor Vicente Gonzalez
Two years before his
death, he was
proclaimed as a National
Artist for Literature.
Some of his works
include: The Winds of
April (1941); A Season of
Grace (1956); The
Bamboo Dancers (1988)
His works have been
published in different
languages.
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Nick Joaquin
He is the “People’s
Writer”
The Sorrows of
Vaudeville, first story in
1937 by the Sunday
Tribune.
He worked as a
journalist.
Pioneer of literary
journalism.
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Literary Journalism –
reportage of actual
events that employs
literary techniques.

Used the pen name

Quijano de Manila in
some of his works.
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Strangers at First Sight
How could you possibly start from nothing?
And then end up as everything?
I never thought I’d feel this way again…
More like I pushed myself to never fall victim again
To this arresting feeling
How ironic is it,
That what I wanted to lose the most,
Is what most people long for their whole life
I don’t know what to do,
Guess I’ll just ignore everything again,
Time to shut my senses to all the assaults that the world has to
offer…
After all, I’ve suppressed everything so far
What’s one more to add?

Nick Joaquin
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F Sionil Jose
Awarded in 2002 as a
National Artist
Works have been
translated into 20
different languages.
His works represent the
social underpinnings of
class struggles and
colonialism in the
society.
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F Sionil Jose
Most famous work is the
Rosales Sage that
includes The Pretenders-
story about one man’s
separation from his poor
background and the
dissipation of his wife’s
prosperous family.
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Jose Garcia Villa
Awarded in 1973 as a
National Artist
Powerful literary
influence
He uses comma in every
word.
Style similar to Seurat’s
architectonic and
measure pointilism.
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Jose Garcia Villa
Footnote To Youth –
collection of short
stories as his first
collection

Poetry collections
includes Doveglion:
Collected Poems, Poems
55, and Poems in the
Praise of Love: The Best
Love Poems of Jose
Garcia Villa
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