5 FAMOUS FILIPINO

SHORT STORIES
GROUP 5
GROUP 5:

• Gino Salas • Alexander jay Tababa

• May ann Abello • Cris Diana Gayo
• Janica Lhayumi Oranza • Nicole Cruz
• Mariel Colis
• Rica lea Carreon
SHORT STORY

• Is a brief fictional prose narrative that is shorter than a

novel and that usually deals with only a few characters.
The literary roots of the short story can be found in oral
storytelling traditions, such as anecdotes, fables, fairy
tales, and parables.
DEAD STAR
 Dead Star was published in 1952.

 It is written by Paz Márquez-Benítez.

 The short story Dead Stars, has a

significant place in Philippine English
Literature as it gives birth to modern
English writing in Philippine.
THE CENTIPEDE

 Centipede was published in 1953.

 it is written by Rony V. Diaz.
 The short story centipede focuses on a
boy who seeks revenge against his
sister for her cruel and spiteful acts
toward him.
HARVEST
 Harvest is published in 1930.
 It is written by Loreto Paraeas Sulit
 The story "harvest" illustrates about
love. It shows how one old migrant
worker regularly renews his feeling of
kinship with the land.
MAY DAY EVE
 May day eve published in 1947.
 It is written by Nicomedes "Nick" Marquez
Joaquin.
 Trivia: "May Day Eve" is a short story
Written after World War II, it became one
of Joaquin's “signature stories” that became
a classic in Philippine literature in English.
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SINIGANG

 Sinigang Published in
2001.
 It was written by Marie
Aubrey J. Villaceran.
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