MIDTERM REVIEWER

SURVEYLIT
LESSON 1: PHILIPPINE LITERATURE UNDER US COLONIALISM (1898-1945)
Brief background
 Spanish and Tagalog and the Vernaculars were the languages used in writing during the first
years of American Period and most of the writings depicted their love for country and longing
for independence.
 Philippine literary production during the American Period in the Philippines was spurred by two
significant developments in education and culture.
 Philippine literature in English, as a direct result of American colonization of the country, could
not escape being imitative of American models of writing especially during its period of
apprenticeship.
 It was male dominated society during U.S. Colonialism, female voices in literature were not
taken seriously by the general public.
Period of Re-orientation (1898-1910)
1901 - El Renacimiento by Rafael Palma
1908 – Philippine Free Press
1907 – Sursum Gorda by Justo Juliano (first published work in English)
1909 – My Mother and Air Castles by Juan F. Salazar
1910 – English is the medium of instruction on public schools.

Period of Imitation (1910-1925)

1919 – U.P. College Folio
1920 – Bulletin, Philippine Herald
1924 – The Philippine Review, the Independent, Rising Philippines and Citizens, and the Philippine
Education Magazine.

Period of Self Discovery (1925-1941) - Filipino writers acquired the mastery of English writing.

Authors during colonization of US

1. CECILIO APOSTOL 8. MARCEL NAVARRA

2. AURELIO TOLENTINO 9. FAUSTINO AGUILAR
3. MENA CRISOLOGO 10. LOPE K. SANTOS
4. WILFREDO MA. GUERRERO 11. BENIGNO RAMOS
5. DEOGRACIAS A. ROSARIO 12. JOSE CORAZON DE JESUS
6. MANUEL ARQUILLA 13. GARDEOPATRA QUIJANO
7. MAGDALENA
LESSON JALANDONI
2: PHILIPPINE LITERATURE UNDER14. THECARLOS BULUSAN(1946-1985
REPUBLIC
15. PAZ MARQUEZ BENITEZ
Taga-Bukid
- Was the nationalistic and anti-American.
- Ones who lacked the education and therefore did not qualify to exercise power.
Taga-Bayan
- More inclined to the culture of the Free World
- The educated and the wealthy.

NOTABLE AUTHORS AND WORKS

Hoy, Boyet (1968) – TONY PEREZ
Cadaver- ALBERTO FLORENTINO
Umiigting ang mga kuko – EDGARDO M. REYES
You lovely people – BIENVENIDO SANTOS
The Pilgrimage of Death – MANUEL BERNABE
Luha ng Buwaya - AMADO HERNANDEZ
The Bamboo Dancers – NVM GONZALES
Summer Solstice – NICK JOAQUIN