21ST CENTURY LITERATURE

FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND

THE REGIONS

T. CHERRY
 Fill me out!
Give two examples of each literary form
during the Pre- Colonial Period.
 RIDDLES
 FABLES
 FOLKSONGS
 FOLKTALES
 MYTHS
 LEGENDS
T. CHERRY
 Spanish-Colonial Era (1565-1898)
 Philippine Christianization
 First Filipino Alphabet called Alibata was also replaced by
the Roman alphabet.

 Doctrina Christiana
 Spaniards attempted to teach Filipinos the Spanish Language.

T. CHERRY
Spanish-Colonial Era (1565-1898)

 Indios called in Native People

 Ladinos term for native literacy
writers
 Doctrina Christiana – this was the first book published
in the Philippines.

 It was a collection of prayers written in Spanish translated in

Tagalog.
Spanish-Colonial Era (1565-1898)

 Oral Literatures - were still evolving during this time, but Filipino
writers found it difficult to publish their written works.

 Graciano Lopez Jaena – Fray Botod, La Solidaridad and Big-

bellied man
 Marcelo H. Del Pilar –founded the nationalistic newspaper
“Diariong Tagalog”
 Francisco Baltazar – fondly called as Balagtas is a genius writer
of Tagalog poetry.
• Poem – “Florante at Laura”
American- Colonial Period (1899-1945)

Public School system – biggest contribution in the

country.
Thomasites – were American soldiers who came to the
Philippines to become teachers.

English Alphabet–second language of the

country nowadays.
American- Colonial Period (1899-1945)

During the colonization of the Americans, Filipino writers

greatly enjoyed the freedom of expression.
This Period remarked the vibrant well-spring of some
nationalistic plays with theme

The development of the filipino literature rose

continuously during this period.
HOME TASK
HOME TASK
 The students will explain the
role of literature in the ff.
periods.
Pre-colonial
American-colonial
Spanish-colonial