LESSON 11

METRO
MANILA
LITERATURE
GEOGRAPHY

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 GEOGRAPHY
NCR is considered as
the Philippines’s
political, economic,
social, and cultural
center.

18th most populous

city in the world in
2016

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 ⮚ Eastern Visayan
Writer
⮚ Professor

“HUGE URBAN
CONGLOMERATION”

Merlie M.
Alunan
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High-income citizens
reside in highly
developed Urban cities
such as Makati and
Muntinlupa

Poor and low-income

families are scattered in
areas such as Tondo and
Smokey Mountain.

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 FAMOUS LANDMARKS AND
TOURIST DESTINATIONS

RIZAL PARK NATIONAL

MUSEUM
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FAMOUS LANDMARKS AND
TOURIST DESTINATIONS

INTRAMUROS
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 LANGUAGES
the national language
FILIPINO - and an official
language of the
country
language of
ENGLISH -
several workplaces

Most widely spoken

TAGALOG - language in Metro
Manila
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THE METRO
MANILA
LITERATURE
FROM THE
PAST TO THE
PRESENT

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 TAGALOG LITERATURE

⮚ Developed in the provinces of;

▪ Southern Luzon

▪ Central Luzon

▪ Metropolitan Manila or the

National Capital Region.

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 TAGALOG LITERATURE
TAGALOG REGION

⮚ As the birthplace of a rich

tradition of Philippine culture in

the aspects of language, politics,

economy, and literature.

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OLDEST UNIVERSITY

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OUTSTANDING TAGALOG
The introduction ORAL
must contain
LITERATURE
a hook and a thesis

BUGTONG
(RIDDLE) PROVERBS

NATIVE
SONGS

⮚ poetic forms
⮚ form and perspective were distinct as Asian
⮚ containing seven-syllabic rhymes
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WRITERS OF
CLASSIC
PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE
FROM THE
PAST

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Ø Amado V. Hernandez
Ø Lope K. Santos
Ø Lazaro Francisco
Ø Faustino Aguilar
Ø Jose Corazon de Jesus
Ø Alejandro Abadilla
Ø Modesto de Castro
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Ø Francisco Ø Emilio Jacinto
Balagtas Baltazar
Ø Marcelo H. del
Ø Jose Rizal
Pilar
Ø Andres
Bonifacio Ø Jose P. Laurel

Ø Apolinario Ø Claro M. Recto

Mabini
“MEN OF LETTERS”
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These are the
writers from
Metro Manila
that have a
timeless and
permanent
contribution to
the Philippine
literature:

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 Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil
(July 19, 1922 – July 30, 2018)

▪ Filipino author
▪ Journalist
▪ Historian
▪ Public servant
▪ A recipient of the S.E.A. Write
Award
⮚ Authored “Woman Enough” and
Other Essays

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Nicomedes “Nick” Márquez Joaquín
(May 4, 1917 – April 29, 2004)

▪ Pen name Quijano de Manila

▪ Filipino author
▪ historian
▪ journalist
▪ Popular for his short stories and
novels written in the English
language
▪ 1976 National Artist of the
Philippines for Literature.
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Alejandro Reyes Roces
(July 13, 1924 – May 23, 2011)

▪ Dramatist
▪ Essayist
▪ 2003 National Artist
▪ Public servant
⮚ Secretary of Education (1961 to
1965) -during the presidency of
the former Philippine President
Diosdado Macapagal.

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 Bienvenido N. Santos
(1911–1996)

▪ Born in Tondo, Manila

▪ poet
▪ Filipino-American
fictionist and non-fictionist
⮚ His family roots are originally
from Lubao, Pampanga,
Philippines.
⮚ He resided in the United States
for many years where he is
popular as a pioneering Asian-
American writer.
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Genoveva Edroza Matute
(January 3, 1915 – March 21, 2009)

▪ Born in Sta. Cruz, Manila

⮚ Authored stories such as
“Kuwento ni Mabuti” and
“Paglalayag sa Puso ng Isang Bata”

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 Carmen Acosta
(February 1, 1904- September 13, 1986)

Educational Attainment :
▪ Graduated at University
of the Philippines
Bachelor of Philosophy
Occupation:
▪ Taught at the Torres
High School in Manila.

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 Carmen Acosta
(February 1, 1904- September 13, 1986)

▪ She was the daughter of Godofredo B.

Herrera and Paterna Santos

▪ Her father was a journalist and served

for a time as municipal president (or
mayor in modern usage) of Caloocan
during the American colonial rule.

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CONTEMPORARY
WRITERS
FROM
PAST TO
PRESENT:

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 Lualhati Bautista
▪ December 2, 1945
▪ Born in Tondo, Manila
⮚ One of the historical Filipino female novelists

in the present time.

FAMOUS NOVELS

Dekada '70, ‘GAPÔ

Bata, Bata, Pa'no

Ka Ginawa?,
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Gémino H. Abad

▪ February 5, 1939
▪ Born in Sta. Ana, Manila
▪ A University Professor
Emeritus at the University of
the Philippines.

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 Gémino H. Abad
⮚ “Upon Our Own Ground”, a two-
volume historical anthology of
short stories in English.
⮚ 1956- 1972, with critical
introduction; “Our Scene So
Fair”

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Gémino H. Abad
⮚ A book of critical essays on
poetry in English from 1905 to
the mid- 50s, and; “Where No
Words break”, a volume of his
own poems.

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 Linda Ty Casper
▪ born in 1931 in Malabon City
▪ written and published over
fifteen books
HISTORICAL NOVEL

Political novels “The

Dream Eden Stranded Whale”

The Peninsulars Awaiting

Trespass
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Linda Ty Casper
HISTORICAL NOVEL

Wings of A Small Party

Stone in a Garden
Fortress in
the Plaza
Also published three collections of
short stories which focus on the
cross-section of Filipino society.

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 Efren Abueg
▪ March 3, 1937
▪ Tanza Cavite
FAMOUS SHORT
STORIES

Mabangis na Sa Bagong
Lungsod Paraiso

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Gilda Cordero-Fernando
▪ 1932–2020
▪ Multi-awarded writer
▪ Publisher
▪ Cultural icon

FAMOUS BOOKS

We Live in the The Last Full

Philippines Moon

Lessons on My
The Magic Circle
Life
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 FAMOUS
WRITERS IN
THE PRESENT
TIME

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 Bebang Siy

FAMOUS BOOKS
It’s Raining It’s a Mens
Mens World

⮚ Works are known to be

funny and comical.
⮚ Despite the humorous
writings, her novels are
thought-provoking.
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 BOB ONG
MASTERPIECES

Stainless Longanisa ABNKKBSNPLAKo

Ang Paboritong Libro

ni Hudas Kapitan Sino

MACARTHUR Alamat ng Gubat

✔ Others written in an informal

and comic manner.
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Ferdinand Pisigan Jarin

⮚ musician
⮚ teacher

MASTERPIECE

“Anim na Sabado ng Beyblade

at Iba Pang Sanaysay” - a
memoir about his son named Rebo

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 Ricky Lee
⮚ One of the greatest scriptwriters
in movie and television

MASTERPIECE
S

Si Amapola sa
Trip to Quiapo
65 na Kabanata

Para kay B (o kung paano dinevastate

ng pag-ibig ang 4 out of 5 sa atin)
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 Eros Atalia
⮚ Cavite
⮚ Professor and journalist

⮚ Palanca Award winner

⮚ Famous for his flash fictions or dagli

Ligo Na U, Ang Ikatlong

Lapit Na Me Anti-Kristo

Tatlong Gabi,
Tatlong Araw
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 Balut Vendor

Alas-kuwatro na. Maya-maya lang,

magliliwanag na. Kaunti na lang ang kulang.
Matatapos niyarin ang kanyang reaction paper.
Binubuo niya na sa isip niya ang huling puntos
na gusto niyang isulat. Pinapapak ng lamok ang
kanyang binti’t hita, pero ayaw niyang kumilos
baka mawala ang kanyang konsentrasyon.
Nang may sumigaw ng “Balut! Balut!”

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 Balut Vendor

Mahina pa naman. Pero habang tumatagal ay palakas

nang palakas. “Balut! Balut!”

Gusto niya sanang sigawan ito pero alam niyang

naghahanapbuhay lang ito. Nasaan ang katarungan?
Social Justice pa naman ang topic ng kanyang
isinusulat.

“Balut! Balut! Balut!” sumungaw ito sa kanyang bintana.

Isinenyas ang dala nitong balut.

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 Balut Vendor

Umiling siya. Sunod-sunod na iling. Umalis ang

magbabalut. Papalayo ang tinig nito. Pahina nang
pahina. Nilingon niya ang magbabalut. Unti-unti
na itong papalayo sa kanyang bintana.

Nanlamig ang buo niyang katawan. Doon niya

naalala na, nasa second floor nga pala siya ng
kanilang bahay.

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THANK
YOU
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