THE PHILIPPPINE

LITERATURE
EXAMPLES: * The literature in this period is any
Riddle Literature which existed before Spaniards
Proverbs PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD entered Philippine soil. Literature was
Folksong (EARLY TIMES 1564) based on oral tradition since no form of
Writing existing during that period.
LITERARY WORKS
EXAMPLES: SPANISH PERIOD - Spanish language became the literary
Doctrina Christiana (1565 - 1898) language. The colonizers used the catholic
Ang Barlaan at Josephat religion to substitute the existing
tradition.
EXAMPLES: AMERICAN PERIOD - During the American colonization, free
Dead Stars (1898 - 1941) public instruction for all children was
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introduced. English was the medium of
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instruction n all levels.

EXAMPLE: - There was no freedom of speech and of

JAPANESE PERIOD
I see the Philippines, I saw (1941 - 1945) the press.
the Philippines rise” by - Newspapers in English were banned by
Carlos P. Romulo the Japanese. This became a blessing in
disguise as writers started writing in
Filipino.

EXAMPLE:
UNDER THE REPUBLIC In the 1950s, every artist,
“GInto sa Makiling” By (1946 - 1985) writer,musician, critic or academian was
Macario Pineda given grant ot stay in the US through the
Educational Exchange Program or the
“Fullbright Program”.

EXAMPLE:
CONTEMPRARY PERIOD - This was a period of activism and
“The Gallans sa arts at tula” (1986 - PRESENT) literary revolution.The writers during
By Manila Writers this period used words to confront
Martial Law and repression.It was in
this time when writer’s workshops
proliferated.