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21st Century Literature From The Philippines
21st Century Literature From The Philippines
Fantasy
- Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters;
fiction which invites suspension of reality.
Fiction
- Narrative literary works whose content is produced by the
imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.
Fiction in Verse
- Full-length novels with plot, subplot(s), theme(s), major
and minor characters, in which the narrative is presented in
(usually blank) verse form.
FOLKLORE
- The songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a people or
"folk" as handed down by word of mouth.
Historical Fiction
- Story with fictional characters and events in a historical
setting.
Horror
- Fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the
characters and the reader.
HUMOR
- Fiction full of fun, fancy, and excitement, meant to
entertain; but can be contained in all genres.
Sigbin
- This creature may not be familiar to people from Luzon, but
Boholanos definitely know of the sigbin. It's said to look like a
small kangaroo, with flapping ears, burning eyes, a whip-like
tail, and the ability to walk backwards. During the Holy Week,
sigbins are said to go out and hunt for the hearts of children.
They'll then turn these hearts into amulets. If that hasn't
frightened you off, search for sigbins in Bohol.
White Lady
-Technically, the White Lady is a multo. However, she's
popular enough that she's got her own story and specific haunt.
Any Manileño cab driver knows to be careful when picking up a
passenger at Balete Drive in Quezon City. As the story goes,
they start out picking up a beautiful, long-haired woman in a
white dress. But the moment they look back at the White Lady,
all they see is a bruised and bloody face.
Berberoka
-Being an archipelago, there's no shortage of water creatures in
our mythology. An example of such is the berberoka, who lives
in freshwater and preys on fishermen. The berberoka will suck
water from lakes until schools of fish become visible to
fishermen. Once the fishermen are drawn to the fish, the
berberoka will use the water it sucked to drown the helpless
victim. If you're hunting this fearsome creature, head over to
Ilocos Norte.
Bungisngis
-When you hear the word bungisngis, terror isn't the word you
associate with it. After all, it translates to giggling in English.
But in Bataan, the bungisngis is a one-eyed creature with huge
upper lips, humongous teeth, and tusks that resemble those of an
elephant. Even worse, they prey on livestock.
Amomongo
-The amomongo is supposedly a hairy white ape that
disembowels chickens, goats, and other small animals and then
eats their intestines. If you want to see the am mongo, it
supposedly lives at the base of Mt. Kansan in Negro Occidental.
Manananggal
-Arguably the most popular aswang, the manananggal has
achieved recognition even beyond our borders. It's feature in
Marvel Anime: Blade and in a novel tie-in to popular television
series Supernatural. Fantasy author Neil Gaiman considers it his
favorite Filipino mythological creature. While you can probably
find them anywhere, their stories originated in the Visayas,
specifically in the provinces of Iloilo, Capiz
3. Look for 5 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ARTISTS AND 5
FOREIGN RENOWNED ARTISTS in LITERATURE.
FRANCIS ARCELLANA
CIRILO F. BAUTISTA
SAMPALOC MANLA (1941-2018)
-Poet, fictionist and essayist with
journalism exceptional
achievements and significant
contribution to the development
of the country’s literary arts.
- He’s a teacher of literature and
realized that classroom is an
important training ground for
Filipino writers
AMADO V. HERNANDEZ
HAGONOY BULAAN (1903-1970)
-He practiced
“committed art’’ and he
was known as the
“Manunulat ng
Manggagawa
WILLIAM FAULKNER
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer from
Oxford, Mississippi. He is primarily known for his novels and
short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based
on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where he spent most of his
life