SPLE LECTURES

Period of Activism-Filipinos vs. Filipinos (Hindi na ito about sa pananakop ng mga dayuhan, it focused on
why there are activism)

 Nationwide issue
 It focuses on government issues

I. Literary Background
 Mga kabataan- ang aktibista (They want to bring down the government)

II. Seed of Activism

 They believed that the reason why there is activism is because of the declaration of
Martial law in 1972.
 (But for ma’am Ruthie, matagal ng may activism simula palang kay Lapu-Lapu at kay
Magellan)
 Kaya may aktibistang nagaganap ay dahil sa maling pag gamit ng kapangyarihan ng
mga namumuno.
 (For ma’am Ruth, Hindi lang nakasalalay sa kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan kundi sa
lahat na taong naninirahan sa bansa. )
 In this period, mas tumindi yung emosyon ng mga Pilipino especially yung mga
writers.
III. It is also called as the period of bloody placards
 Kase sa period na ito puro patayan. Kapag may nagwa kang mali, papatayin ka
kaagad.

IV. Writings (Focus: Sa pagiging rebellious ng youth)

-During this time nagkaroon ng literary revolution. Yung mga kabataan nagging rebellious sa
pag sulat. Ginagamit nila yung Campus paper upang ipahayag nila yung mga nararamdaman
nila sa government.

V. Palanca Awardees
1st prize
 1970-1971- Cergillio Bautista wrote the ritual
 1970- the archipelago of Cergillio Bautista
 1971-1972-NVM Gonzales wrote the tomato cane (came?)
 1971-1972- Virginia Moreno wrote Batik marker and other poets
VI. Other writers na remarkable
 Jose lacaba- Days of this quite, night of bridge, the first quorum storm and related
events
 Benigno Aquino Jr- Wrote condemnation of police brutality
  Nick Joaquin, S.P Lopez, Geogorio Brillantes, Shanil Jose, Petronilio Daloy, Hemenes,
Magsanoc, Mauro Abelina, Jose Jokno

Period of the new Society (1970-1980)

I. Literary Background
 During this period the writer focused on the progress of the country.
 Some write about family planning, proper nutrition, the environment, social issue like addiction
and pollution
 During this period it has tried to stop the writings that gave bad influences on the minds of
people like writing about against sa beliefs ng tao, yung mga sensual na new paper. They tried to
stop those writings.
 The government established the office of ministry of public affairs and its supervise the
newspaper books and other books publication to make sure the books are all approvable.
 Yung government ay kasama sa pagrevived ng sinakulo, zarauela, and embayoka ng muslim.
 Nag start sa period na ito yung son writers. The songs are written in both English and Filipino.

II. Poetry

 A few months after madeclare yung military rules, yung mga slogan ay sumikat.
 Example: SA ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan.
 Tayo ay kumain ng gulay upang humaba ang buhay.
 Magplano ng pamilya nan gang buhay ay lumigaya
 Tayo’y magbigayan at huwag magsiksika
 Ito ang mga sumikat na slogan during this period
 Themes of the poems: patience, customs, and beauty of nature, and other beautiful things that
happens in surrounding ng tao.
 Jose Garcia Rebelo, Bien BAnito Ramos, Sir Lopez Francisco- sila ang mga sumikat na writers na
sumulat ng mga poems.
 Fredie Aguilar, Jose Marichan, and Tito Vic and Joey- mga nakilalang composer ng kanta
 The song of Fredie Aguilar “ANAK” has instance success because of spirit and emotion revealed
in the the song

III. Plays
Revived yung plays and drams during the Spanish period like Zarzuela, Sinakulo, and others
Pinabukas at pinaayos ang mga theather houses like the Metropolitan theater and the Cultural
Center of the Philippines.
And marami ding school organizations na nagpresent ng iba’t-ibang nagplays. it became
customary.
IV. Radio and T.V
MAraming performing artists na lumipad from radio to television kasi higher pay
Agustu Victa, Jane Palomu, Melita Agasa and LINA PUSING
Popular television plays: Gulong ng palad, Flodeluna, Analiza
Superman and Tarzan- Sikat na din
Nagkaroon nan g celebration ng pelikulang Pilipino

V. Comics and Magazines

Comics and maganizes umangat, usually mga balita yung laman ng mga ito like progress,
sensualinize yung mga pagpatay

VI. Palanka Awardee

1st prize
1. Antion Enriquez- Spot on their wings and other stories.

Play
Ricardo DEmitilyo- The heart of emptiness is black

Poetry
Cerillio Bautista- Charts

VII. Overview
The introduce during this time ang bilingual education by the board of national of education
Nagkaroon ng focus ang education and culture sa National identity,___orientation, resource
to carry out plans and programs

Books that came out in this period

I marry the newspaper man by Mariana lopez
Cross currents in afroasian literature in Rustica Carpio 1976
III. Period of Third Republic (tinawag syang third republic dahil yung una ay nung si Emilio Aguinaldo ay
dineclare yung independence natin, second nung yung Americans naan nag-grant ng kalayaan natin
noong 1946, third is when we are already free from Marcos’ military ruling

I. Literary Background:

- Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. – caused the rebel of people, most of people hope na sya na
magiging president but then he died. This has effect on literature; his assassination reflects on the
literary writings that time. People become reactive

Awards this time:

1st place: Jessie Garcia- In Hug Heaven

2nd: Jose Dalisay Jr. – Heart Island

Poetry:

1st place: Pablo Liwanag (Monologues Part I and II) and Cesar Felipe Bacani Jr. (Outsider and other
Poems)

Songs: true to life inspiration (grief, poverty, freedom, love for God, country and fellowmen)

Many composers mourn Aquino’s death like Freddie Aguilar, Erick Aguilar, Corita (They made a song
entitled ‘Laban ng Bayan ko’) This was the first song of Coritha during National Unification Conference
on March 1895

Freddie Aguilar revived the song bayan ko which was originally written by Jose De Jesus

Films:

- Annual film festivals (erotic films for higher cost)

Poetry:

Because of the assassination of Aquino, there are lots of poets who wrote poems like Alfredo Navarro
Salanga, F

Others:

Media ay mas lumawak

Dumami ang journalists

Nagkroon ng magazines (tiktik, playboy scene and saktal)

Nagkaroon children’s books (Place for Children by James B. Ruther, Storytelling for Children and Jose
Encardo by Peggy Manuvel)
Fables- The Case of Missing Charisma (unfinished fable by Silvia Mayuga), The Emperor’s New
Underwear by Meynardo Macaraig

In this time, Philippine literature became more developed in terms of content and form (classificaations)

Writers na sumikat:

Damiana Eugenio, Carissa Uy, Mila Garcia