MODERN PERIOD

(1960~1999)
 CHARACTERISTICS
1.The declaration of Martial law repressed Filipino writers to write
delicate subject matters, particularly about prevailing crisis during
the period

2. Writers used symbolisms and allegories to drive home their message.

3. Theater was used as a vehicle for protest such as the PETA and
UP Theater.
 4.Campus newspapers showed rebellious
emotions
5.Billingual education was intiated in public
and private school
6.From 80's onward, writers continued the
dynamism and innovation
 LITERATURE
1.The irreverence for the poor reached it's peak during
this period
2.The Carlos Palanca Awards continued to give annual
awards to literary masterpieces

3. Almost all themes in most writing dealt with the

development of progress of the country.
 4.Themes of most poems dealt with
patience, regard for native culture,
customs, and the beauties of nature and
surroundings
 example;

“Ang Bayan ko” was a song popularized in this

period. In this period, poems dealt with patience,
regard for native culture, customs, and the beauties
of nature and surroundings. This period presented
new trends in writing using modern technology.
5. The government led in reviving old plays and
dramas.
like the Tagalog Zarzuela, Cenaculo and
the Embayoka of the Muslims which were
presented in the rebuilt Metropolitan
Theater, the Folk Arts Theater and the
Cultural Center of the Philippines.
 NOTABLE WORKS
1. Dekada 70 by Lualhati Bautista which focuses on
the life of Filipinos during the Martial law regime

2.The Rosales Saga by F.Sionil Jose

3.The flowers of May by Francisco Arcellana

 The award-winning “Dekada '70” is a Filipino-
written fiction novel published in 1983. It centers
on a middle-class family trapped in the midst of
one of the darkest periods in the Philippine
history, the 1970s when the late dictator and
president Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law
in the Philippines.
THAT'S ALL
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