21 st

Century
Literature
Grade 11 – Hawking/Halley
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 Philippine
Literary History
from
Pre-Colonial to
the Contemporary
Historical Periods
of Philippine
Literature
 Historical Periods of
Philippine Literature
 Pre-colonial Period (--BC to 1564)
 Spanish Colonization Period
(1565 - 1863)
 Nationalistic/Propaganda and
Revolutionary Period (1864 – 1896)
 American Colonial Period
(1910 – 1930)
 Japanese Occupation
(1942 – 1960)
 Contemporary/Modern Period
(1960 – present)
Pre-colonial Period
(--BC - 1564)
 • A literature of varying
human interest
Pre-colonial • The verses were addressed
Period to the ears rather than the
eyes
(--BC - • Crude on ideology and
1564) phraseology
  Literary Forms
• Riddles (bugtong)
• Proverbs (salawikain)
• Tanaga
Pre-colonial • Folk Songs
Period • Epics
• Legends
(--BC - • Myths
• Fables
1564) • Fantastic Stories
 Spanish
Colonization
Period
(1565 - 1863)
 • Conquest and conversion into
Spanish Christianity
Colonizatio • It has two distinct
classifications: religious and
n Period secular
(1565 - • Spanish as the medium of
communication
1863)
  Literary Forms
Spanish • Religious Literature
o Pasyon
Colonizatio o Senakulo
• Secular Literature
n Period o
o
Awit
Korido
(1565 - o Prose Narratives

1863)
Nationalistic/Propagand
a and Revolutionary
Period
(1864 - 1896)
Nationalistic/ • Planted seeds of nationalism in
Propaganda Filipinos
• Language shifted from Spanish
and
to Tagalog
Revolutionary • Addressed the masses instead
Period of “intelligentsia”
(1864 - 1896)
  Literary Forms
Nationalistic/ • Propaganda Literature
• Political Essays
Propaganda • Diarong Tagalog
and • La Solidaridad
Revolutionary • Political Novels
o Noli Me Tangere
Period o El Filibusterismo
(1864 - 1896) • Revolutionary Literature
o Political Essays
American Colonial
Period
(1910 - 1930)
American
• Period of Apprenticeship and
Colonial Period of Emergence
Period • Filipino writers imitated
English and Americans models
(1910 -
1930)
  Period of Apprenticeship
• poems written were amateurish
American and mushy
 Period of Emergence
Colonial • Highly influenced by Western
literary trends like Romanticism
Period and Realism
 Literary Forms
(1910 - • Short stories
• Novels
1930)
 Japanese
Occupation
(1942 – 1944)
  War Years (1942-1944)
Japanese o no freedom of speech
Occupation o Philippine literature in
English came to a halt
(1942 – 1960) o Tagalog poets broke away
from Balagtas tradition
  Period of Maturity and
Originality (1945-1960)
Japanese o bountiful vest in poetry,
Occupation fiction, drama and essay
o Filipino writers familiarized
(1942 – 1960) themselves with diverse
techniques
o Literary “giants” appeared
Contemporary
Modern Period
(1960 -
 • Writers used symbolism and
allegories to drive home their
Contemporary
message
Modern • Writers continue to show
Period dynamism and innovation
(1960 - • Newspapers like Manila
present) Bulletin came out
  21st Century Literature
o The writing pieces are more
Contemporary
daring or controversial
Modern o Younger writers have entered
Period the literary scene
o More social problems are
(1960 - tackled
present)
 Close
Analysis
 Close Analysis Groupings
Group 1: Pre-colonial Group 2: Spanish Group 3: Nationalistic/ Propaganda
Period Colonization Period and Revolutionary
• Corpus • Corpuz • Fabia
• Sua-an • Palencia • Ordonez
• Melendez • Posugac • Pabalan

Group 4: American Group 5: Japanese

Group 6: Contemporary/Modern
Colonial Period Occupation Period
Period
• Figarola • Francisco
• Holgado
• Natal • Bertolano
• Antonio
• Belarmino • Perlas
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