Japanese Colonial Period

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Japanese

Colonial Period
Characteristics
• In 1941-1945 The
Japan halt the
Philippine literature

•Except for the


Tribune and the
Philippine Review,
Pillars, Free
•Almost all English
newspaper were
stopped by the
Japanese.

•The only contact


with the outside
world was done with
utmost secrecy
through the
underground radio
program called
 Victoria Abelardo des
cribed Filipino writing
as pessimistic and bi
tter.
 There were some eff
orts and escapist lite
rature, nut in general
, the literary output w
as minor and insignif
icant.
Literary forms
Filipino poetry
nationalism
country
love
life in the barrios
faith
religion
 arts
Three types of Poems

Haiku - it made up 17 syllables divide into 3 li


nes. The first line had 5 syllables, the secon
.
d had 7 syllables and the third had 5.

Tutubi
Hila mo'y tabak
Ang bulaklak nanginig
Sa paglapit mo
Tanaga - It consist of 4 lines with 7 syllables ea
ch with the same rhyme at the end of each line.
and it also had allegorical meaning.

Kabibi
Kabibi, ano kaba?
May perksa maganda ka
Kung idiit sa tainga
Nagbubugtung hininga
Karaniwang Anyo (Usual Form)
- the usual and common form of poetry.

Halimbawa : Naliligo araw - araw si Maria.


Filipino Drama

⭕ Many of the plays were reproducti


ons of English plays to Tagalog.
⭕ Francisco Soc Rodrigo Albert Con
cio, and Narciso Pimentel founded
the organization Dramatic Philippin
es .
1. Jose Ma. Hernandez - wrote
.
PANDAY PIRA
2. Francisco Soc Rodrigo - wrote PULA,
SA PUTI
3. Clodualdo del Mundo - wrote BULAG
A
4. Julian Cruz Balmaceda - SINO BA K
AYO?., DAHIL SA ANAK, and HIGANT
E NG PATAY
Filipino Short Story
The field of the short story widened.

Brigido Batungbakal Macario Pineda


Serafin Guinigindo Liwayway Arceo
Narciso Ramos. Ligaya Perez
Alicia Lopez Lim NVM Gonzales
Lupang Tinubuan- Narciso G. Reyes

Uhaw ang Tigang na Lupa- Liwayway A. Arceo

Lunsod Nayon at Dagat- dagatan- NVM

Gonzales
In 1945 best writings were selected by a
group of judges.

1st prize : Narciso Reyes with his


LUPANG TINUBUAN
2nd prize : Liwaways Arceo's UHAW ANG
TIGANG NA LUPA
3rd prize : NVM Gonzales' LUNSOD
NAYON AT DAGAT-DAGATAN
Carlos P. Romulo
who won the
PUTLITZER prize for
his best sellers

I SAW THE FALL OF


THE PHILIPPINES, I SEE
THE PHILIPPINES RISE
and HIS MOTHER
AMERICA AND MY
BROTHER AMERICANS.
Kiite kur
ete arigat
o (Thank
you for li
stening)

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