21 Century

st ENG S211

Literature from
the Philippines
and the World
 Philippine
Literature during
the American
Colonization
LESSON 5
The Beginning of American
Colonization

Treaty of Paris
The Beginning of American
Colonization

July 4, 1946
What happened
during the
American
Colonization?
 Education
Life of the Filipinos
during the American -----  Thomasites

Colonization  Public Schools

 Filipino Scholars

English was proposed by President

McKinley to be the language used at
schools.

Language -----
 Literature
Life of the Filipinos
Common Themes:
during the American  Desire for love and freedom
 Love for the country

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Colonization
-
 Fight against colonialism and imperialism

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Changes of Philippine Literature
 Literary forms (free verse, modern short story, Groups of Writers
critical essays)  English
 Literary modernism highlighted writer’s
individuality, cultivated consciousness,
expense of social consciousness ----  Filipino
 Spanish

Life of the Filipinos
during the American
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Colonization
-
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Period of Re-orientation
 Writers were still adjusting
to the new found freedom
different from the Spanish
regime.
Literature
Three time frames of Philippine Literature in
English
 Period of re-orientation
 Period of imitation
 Period of self-discovery
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Period of Imitation Period of Self-discovery
 Writers imitated the styles of  Writers had acquired the
British and American writers mastery of English
which resulted to unnatural writing.
and rigid styles of writing.
 Prominent
Meet the

Filipino Writers
During The
American
Period
 Jose Garcia- Villa
Penname: Doveglion
✘ A powerful literary influence in the Philippines
✘ Espoused the dictum “art for art’s sake”
✘ Introduced comma poems and reversed
consonance
✘ Named as a National Artist for Literature on
12th of June 1973
 Angela Manalang-
Gloria
✘ Was among the first generation female students
at University of the Philippines
✘ Literary rival of Jose Garcia Villa
✘ Literary editor of the Philippine Collegian
✘ She was the author of Revolt from Hymen.
Paz Marquez-Benitez
✘ Trained in the American education system and earned
a Bachelor’s degree at the University of the
Philippines
✘ Became a teacher at UP teaching short story writing
(1916-1951)
✘ Wrote Dead Stars and A Night in the Hills
✘ Compiled the 1st anthology of Philippine stories in
English, “Filipino Love Stories” in 1928
✘ Founded Philippine Woman’s College
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https://owlcation.com/humanities/Glorias-To-the-Man-I- Married-He-is-Her-
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[Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/jose-garcia-villa/
 References:
Solmerano, E., Ondevilla, M., Palencia, M., Jerusalem, V., & Cruz, J. (2017). 21st
century literature from the Philippines and the world (2nd ed.). Manila: Fastbooks
Educational Supply, Inc.