TAGALOG LITERATURE

 Has been born, nourish and peaked into fruition in the provinces of Southern
Luzon, Central Luzon and the present Metropolitan Manila or the National Capital
Region.

 Among the Southern Tagalog

o Cavite
o Batangas
o Laguna
o Quezon
o Aurora
o Oriental Mindoro
o Marinduque
o Palawan
o some towns of Rizal Province.
Central Luzon
oNueva Ecija
oBataan
oBulacan
Metro Manila/National Capital Region
o Manila
o Quezon City
o Pasay City
o Caloocan City
o Mandaluyong City
o Pasig City
o Marikina City
o Muntinlupa City
Sub-Urban Towns
o Malabon
o Navotas
o Valenzuela
o Pateros
o Taguig
Some parts of the provinces
that are not originally Tagalog
cannot escape of Tagalog
Language and Culture, like
some parts of the Bicol region
and Pampanga.
 Tagalog region is the birthplace of rich tradition of the
Philippine culture in language, politics, economy and
Literature.

Sto. Tomas –the oldest university in the Philippines

-Located in Manila
First printing press- Established in Manila
Doctrina Cristiana- the first book was published written in Spanish
and Tagalog version in 1593 through XYLOGRAPHY.
The Bible- was first translated into Tagalog In Barlaan and
Josaphat in 1708 and 1712.
= the life Christ in epic tradition know popularly today as pasyon
was written in tagalog by Gaspar Aquino de Belen and Father
Mariano Pilapil.
Outstanding Literary in Tagalog
regions in form of oral are:
Bugtong(riddle)
Kawikaan( Proverbs)
Native songs
HISTORIC MEN in the Philippine Politics
and Literature
 Francisco Balagtas Baltasar
 Jose Rizal
 Andres Bonifacio
 Apolinario Mabini
 Emilio Jacinto
 Marcelo H. del Pilar
 Jose P. Laurel
 Claro M. Recto
 Amado V. Hernandez
 Lope K. Santos
 Lazaro Francisco
 ECT.
 THE LITERARY TRADITION
It is the pens of these men shaped the Political Consciousness of the
Filipinos.
First concept of nationhood in the Philippines was voiced out of Balagtas
in Florante at Laura.

Balagtas Says:
Sa Loob at labas ng Bayan kong
sawi kaliluha’y siyang nangyayaring
hari kagalinga’t bait ay nilulugami
ininis sa hukay ng dusa’t pighati:
Even the Revolutionary struggle of the people
was guided by the light of Literature through
Bonifacio and Emelio Jacinto.
 Jacinto in his essay:
“Liwanag sa Dilim”( Light and darkness)
 Bonifacio in his essay:
Pag-ibig sa tinubuang Lupa.( Love for the native land)
“ Aling pag-ibig pa ang hihigit kaya sa pagkadakila gaya ng pag-ibig sa tinunubuang lupa,
Alin pag-ibig pa, wala na nga, wala.

‘Which love can be more powerful

More pure and noble
Than the love for one’s native land
Which other love, there is no such’
Cultural Communities and traditional arts