The

The Timeline
Timeline of
of Philippine
Philippine Literature
Literature

The American Colonization

It is oral and is full of The literature of this specific era focuses on the emphasis

Period of the Philippine Republic

The literature during the American period was Filipino literature was given a break There are many new forms
The Precolonial Era

lessons and ideas about
life, its blessings, and its
consequences
DIFFERENT FORMS:
Riddles - These are
statements that contain
simple words, but they
function figuratively and
like metaphors and are in
the form of questions
Epics - These are
exceptionally long
accounts that are based
on oral conventions, and
contain experiences of
warriors, cliché princes,
or heroes that spare a
lady in trouble.
BC TO 1564
The Spanish Colonization
of Christian doctrines and Introduces us to the Roman
considered as imitative of the American model. during this period, and many wrote from the old genres of
alphabet and Spanish Language. plays, poems, short stories, etc.
Instead of asking the students to write originals, literature; thus, proving how
DIFFERENT FORMS: students ended up following the form of American Topics and themes were often about significant literature in the
Religious Literature - This literature is focuses on the life poets life in the provinces Philippines changed and how
and death of Jesus Christ DIFFERENT FORMS:
Secular Literature - This literature revolves around tales of DIFFERENT FORMS: far it will go from here.
Poetry - poetry under American rule still followed the Drama - Many of the plays were
valiance and adventure
old style but had contents ranging from free writing reproductions of English plays to From the eighties and onwards,
Propaganda Literature - This literature aims to attack the to societal concerns. Tagalog.
Spanish rule in forms of satire, editorials, and news articles. writers continue to show
Drama - used in the American period to degrade the SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS: dynamism and innovation.
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS: Spanish rule and immortalize the men who fought
under the Katipunan heroism
1. Jose Maria Hernandez - wrote
PANDAY PIRA
2. Francisco Soc Rodrigo - wrote PULA, Even those who do not have
Remake Novels - took up Dr. Jose Rizal's portrayal SA PUTI any significant literary
of social conditions by colonial repression Poetry - It is a common theme of background make their way by
most poems during the Japanese
using their freedom to write
1900 TO 1942
Ang Fray Botod by Dasalan at Tocsohan by Noli Me Tangere by occupation: nationalism, country,
Graciano Lopez Jaena Marcelo H. Del Pilar Dr. Jose Rizal love, and life in the barrios, faith, and express.
religion, and the arts.
1946 TO NOW
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS: Fiction - The field of the short

The Japanese Occupation

Revolutionary Literature - These are exposes that
Myths - These tackle the sparked the revolution and resistance in the hearts of story widened during the MOST KNOWN AUTHORS
natural to strange happenings Filipinos. Jose Corazon de Jesus - was a Filipino poet who used
Japanese occupation. Many
wrote short stories
TODAY:
and how things were made to
explain things SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS: Tagalog poetry to express the Filipinos' desire for
independence during the American occupation of the SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS: She is currently the most followed
Wattpad author worldwide with
Legends - Through this form, Philippines over 5 million followers and is
1. Narciso Reyes - LUPANG
people understood the Work(s) : TINUBUAN widely known as the "Wattpad
Queen" and "Pop Fiction Queen"
mysteries surrounding them Mga Gintong Dahon 2. Liwayway Arceo - UHAW ANG
Folk Songs - These usually Sa Dakong Silangan TIGANG NA LIPA
JONAXX Baka Sakali
Work(s) :
contain ideas on aspirations, Katungkulang Mapapansin Kaya?
Gagawin ng mga Liwanag at Dilim El Desarollo y Caida Aurelio Tolentino - his works at the turn of the 20th Essays - It is composed to
hopes, everyday life, and love Anak ng Bayan by by Emilio Jacinto de la Republica century depicted his desire to see Philippine glorify the Filipinos and, at
expressions for loved ones. Andres Bonifacio Filipina by independence from its colonizers. the same time, to attack the known for using conversational
Apolinario Mabini writing technique to create
Bounded by the learning of Japanese figuratively.
good morals, and is easy to Work(s) : humorous and reflective
Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas depictions of Philippine life.

1565 TO 1898
understand. Work(s) :
1942 TO
BOB ONG Kapitan Sino
Folk Tales - These are stories ABNKKBSNPLAko?!
native to Filipinos, and usually Inigo Ed. Regalado - was a Filipino poet, journalist,
novelist and politician
talks about dealing with Filipino-American writer based
Work(s) : 1945
in New York. She won a
Nature’s powers. It tackles
irresponsibility, lust, and Madaling Araw PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize
for In the Country.
deception that ends up in good Work(s):
morals MIA ALVAR In the Country
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