BICOLANO

and
ILOCANO
LITERATURE
21Century Literature from
the Philippines to the World
Cherry Anne Chavez
 ILOCANO
LITERATURE
Ilocano Literature
Prior to the Spanish colonial
period, the Ilocano literature is
purely alive in form of written
and oral literature.
 Ilocano Literature
Ilocano region is also one of the most
active tributaries in the Philippine
literature next to Cebuano, Bikol,
Hiligaynon, Pangasinense, and
Tagalog.
 Ilocano Literature
The ancient Ilocano poets expressed
themselves in folk and war songs.
Another popular form of literature was
the dallot, which is an improvised,
versified and impromptu long poem
delivered in a sing-song manner.
 Ilocano Literature
FRANCISCO SIONIL JOSÉ

Birthdate: December 3, 1924

Hometown: Rosales, Pangasinan
Educational Attainment: Graduated at
University of Santo Tomas
 Ilocano Literature
FRANCISCO SIONIL JOSÉ

is one of the most widely read Filipino

writers in the English language. His novels
and short stories depict the social
underpinnings of class struggle and
colonialism in Filipino society.
 Ilocano Literature
Melvin Banggollay

Birthplace: Saliok, Natonin, Mountain

Province
Hometown: Tabuk, Kalinga
Occupation: Senior specialist at
Department of Trade and Industry DTI)
 Ilocano Literature
Melvin Banggollay

Educational Attainment:
Graduated Bachelor of Science in Commerce,
Major in Accounting and management at St.
Mary's University, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya,
as a scholar of the National integration Study
Grant Program (NISGP) sponsored by the
Department of Education and National Student
Loan Center, Philippines
 BICOLANO
LITERATURE
 Bicolano
Around 5 million people
speak variations of Bikolano
dialect in the Bicol region.
 Bicolano Literature
has its roots in oral literature
like poems and mythical
narratives that reflect the history
of the people.
Bicolano Literature
was dominated by religious
writing at that time of
Spanish occupation.
 Bicolano Literature
Protest drama became a
form of expressing the
people’s growing resentment
of the Spanish rule.
Bicolano Literature
Sabas Armenta
Juan Alvarez Guerra
Juan Miraflor

“Comedia” writers that have protest

plays credited to their names.
 Bicolano Literature
dramatic genre of the
“corrido,” was adapted into
the local ‘Bikolcorrido”
 Bicolano Literature
Mariano Perfecto

the first Bikolano writer who published Bikola

newspaper.

considered as the “Father of Bikol Literature”

he was also responsible for the development of the first

printing press named
“Imprenta de Nuestra Senora
de Penafrancia.”
 Bicolano Literature
Luis Guevarra Dato
 
 He was a Filipino poet, writer, educator
and politician from Baao, Camarines Sur.

 He was one of the first Filipinos to write

and publish works in English.
 Bicolano Literature
Luis Guevarra Dato
 
He was also considered as an “Authority on
the Bicol language and culture.”

He also worked as a newspaperman for the

Bicol Star, Naga Times, and other Newspapers.
Other Famous Works:
 
Manila: A Collection of Verses (1926),
My Book of Verses, I (1936), II undated
The Land of Mai: A Philippine Epic, Volume I (1975).
 Bicolano Literature
Marne L. Kilates

Bicolano poet from Daraga, Albay, Bicol.

 An active user of the new medium of the

Internet, and publishes and edits the online poetry
& art magazine called Poet’s Picturebook, and
his own website, All Our Nameable Days.
 QUESTIONS?
CLARIFICATIONS?
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Day on the Farm

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A Cloud Named Looking-for-You 

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Based on the poem “Day on the Farm” by Luis G. Dato answer the following
questions

1. Who is the speaker in the poem?

2. What makes the girl cry?

3. Why can’t the girl accept the gifts offered to her by the
speaker?

4. What does she want from the speaker?

5. What are the gifts for the girl?

6. How does the girl respond to the gifts?

 Based on the poem “A Cloud Named Looking-For-You” by Marne L. Kilatesanswer the following
questions

1.Who is the persona speaking in the poem?

2.To whom are the lines addressed?

3.What is the tone of the poem?

4.What figurative language and symbolism are found in the poem?

 
 
 Day on the Farm
By Luis G. Dato

I’ve found you fruits of sweetest taste and found you

Bunches of Duhat growing by the hill,
I’ve bound your arms and hair with vine and bound you
With rare wildflowers but you are crying still.

 
I’ve brought you all the forest ferns and brought you
Wrapped in green leaves cicadas singing sweet,
I’ve caught you in my arms an hour and taught you
Love’s secret where the mountain spirits meet.

 
Your smiles have died and there is no replying
To all endearment and my gifts are vain;
Come with me, love, you are too old for crying,
The church bells ring and I hear drops of rain.
A Cloud Named Looking-for-You 
by Marne L. Kilates
 

My heart aches like the heaving sea;

My tears riddle the face of the water;
My pain comes in guests, emptying me.

Cursed with wandering, thin as air,

How can I touch the bottom of this grief?
How can I lift this shroud that covers
My love’s grave?

My heart heaves like the aching sea;

My tears riddle the face of the water;
My pain comes in guest, emptying me.
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