21st Century Literature of the

Philippines and the World

 At the end of the lesson, the student is
expected to:
• 1. Identify the geographic, linguistic, and ethnic
dimensions of Philippine literary history from pre-colonial
to contemporary period; and
• 2. Produce a creative representation of a literary text by
applying multi-media skills
 Periods of Philippine Literature
1565-1863 1946-1960
Colonization War Years
Period

Pre- Spanish American Japanese Philippine

historic Period Period Period Republic

1564 1901-1946 1960-1965

Early Times. American Colonization Succession Period.
Period
 Periods of Philippine Literature
1982-1986
Period of the Third
Republic

Martial Post Martial Contemporary

Law Period Law Period Period

1986-up to
1971-1982
present
Marcos Administration
Modern Period
The period of prehistoric Philippine literature ends in 1564

Pre-Historic Period
 During the pre-historic period, literature was principally
oral
Most of the words where
concise poetic forms
• Riddles (bugtong)
• Proverbs (salawikain)
• Sayings/maxims (kasabihan)
• Folk songs ( kantahing bayan)
other examples are:
• Kumintang (war song)
• Diona ( wedding song)
• Dalit ( religious song)
• Kundiman (love song)
• Bung-aw ( funeral song)
• Bansal (courting song)
With the passage of time, oral literature become lengthy,and one of those
form was the “epic”
“EPIC- long narrative poem recounting heroic
deeds
Alim and hudhud Ifugao
Kumintang Tagalog
Ibalon Bicolanos
Hinilawod Visayas
Bantungan Muslim
 Prose works are also flourished even
before the colonizers came
• written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical
structure
• non-verse writing
• is a form of writing which has a natural flow with speech and writing.
• However, the prose isn’t limited to written works, it is also, for the most
part, how we speak in our everyday language and also how we think
Spanish Period
Colonization Period
The two greatest Filipino writers during
Spanish Period
The first book printed
during Spanish Period

written in 1593
by Fray Juan de
Plasencia ,
 Written by:
Francisco Baltazar
Completed in 1838, the work is
dedicated to "Selya", his beloved •
at the time, and is an allegory for
the state of the Philippines under
Spanish colonialism, as well as
the state Balagtas was in while
incarcerated.
Famous Literary Works/Recreational Plays
Noli Me Tangere
Noli Me Tángere, Latin for "Touch me
not", is an 1887 novel by José Rizal
during the colonization of the Philippines .
by Spain to describe perceived
Cenakulo
inequities of the Spanish Catholic friars
and the ruling governmen The reenactment
of the crucifixion
El Filibusterismo
Rizal dedicated El Filibusterismo.to the
three martyred priests of Cavite mutiny.
The execution of the three priests was Spanish Zarzuela
significant to the title of the novel . Period .
form of Spanish or Spanish-derived
musical theatre in which the dramatic
Urbana at Felisa action is carried through an alternating
Fr. Modesto de Castro narrative about two combination of song and speech.
sisters who respectively symbolize urbanity
and felicity.
Salubong
is a traditional Filipino devotion that
reenacts the encounter of the risen
Christ with his mother.
 Activity: Reporting
• Group 1-American Period • Rubrics
• Group 2- Japanese Period • Accuracy of Fact 50%
• Group 3-Philippine Republic • Presentation 30%
• Group 4-Martial Law and Post • Delivery 20%
Martial Law period
• Contemporary Period
 Prepared by:
Ms. Carina E. Ilao, LPT