THE A M E R I C A N C OL O N IA L

PERIOD (1 8 98 - 1 9 4 5 )
E A & QUIJANO, JUL IANA MARIZ
T ION B Y: AB IE RA , E RIC H ANDR
PRESENTA
TWO THINGS THAT INFLUENCED
THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE
AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD
1. EDUCATION
1. EDUCATION
•MANY PEOPLE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION THANKS TO
AMERICAN FREE EDUCATION PROGRAMS,
WHICH USED ENGLISH AS THE MEDIUM OF
INSTRUCTION.
1. EDUCATION
•THE FOREIGNERS, UNLIKE THE SPANISH, WERE
EAGER TO SHARE THEIR LANGUAGE WITH THE
FILIPINO. OTHERS WHO WANTED TO RISE IN
SOCIAL STANDING USED FREE EDUCATION AS
STEPPING STONE.
AMERICAN INFLUENCED STYLES
•THE AMERICAN INFLUENCED STYLES WERE EVIDENT IN
EARLY ENGLISH LITERARY WORKS. ADDITIONALLY, IT’S
OBVIOUS THAT WRITERS WHO ARE JUST BEGINNING
THEIR ENGLISH STUDIES ARE UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY
EXPRESS THEIR SKILLS DUE TO THEIR LIMITED
COJMMAND OF THE LANGUAGE.
2. THE PRINTING INDUSTRY
2. THE PRINTING INDUSTRY
•WAS LIBERATED FROM RELIGIOUS CENSORSHIP WITH THE
END OF SPANISH COLONIZATION. THE PRINTING
BUSINESS WAS CINTROLLED BY PATRIOTIC INVESTORS,
WHO EMPLOYED THE PRINTING PRESS TO PREVENT
AMERICAN CULTURE FROM INFLUENCING THE PHILIPPINE
CULTURE.
2. THE PRINTING INDUSTRY
•ALL AROUND THE ARCHIPELAGO, NEWSPAPER IN OUR
VARIOUS DIALECTS WERE THRIVING. THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SHOWCASE AND DEMONSTRATE THE ACTUAL SKILL OF
FILIPINO WRITERS WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY SOME
PUBLICATIONS ESTABLISHING A SECTION OF LITERARY
PIECES.
SOME OF THESE PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE :
MAKINAUGALINGON (1913, ILONGGO)
SOME OF THESE PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
• ANG MULING PAGSILANG (1903, TAGALOG)
LITERARY GENRES THAT FLOURISHED DURING THE
AMERICAN PERIOD

•SARZUELA
•POETRY
•SHORT STORY
•NOVEL
DURING THE AMERICAN PERIOD, THE WRITERS DREW IDEAS FOM THE
PROPAGANDA MOVEMENT AND REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT TO
ENCOURAGE THE FILIPINOS TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST U.S.
COLONIALISM. TO MAKE AMERICANS AWARE OF FILIPINO CULTURE THE
DEMAND FOR INDEPENDENCE WAS SUPPORTED BY A CAMPAIGN. FOR A
LARGER POPULATION, SOME WRITERS WHO USE THE SPANISH
LANGUAGE BEGAN TO SWITCH TO THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE SO THEY
CAN NOW COMPREHEND THE SAID LANGUAGE.
“ IT IS A FACT THAT FILIPINOS WERE NOT
GIVEN A CHANCE TO LEARN THE
LANGUAGE DURING THE SPANISH
PERIOD. ”
RESULTING IN A VERY SMALL POPULATION OF PEOPLE
CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING LITERARY WORKS.
LITERARY GENRES FLOURISHED DURING
THE AMERICAN PERIOD
LITERARY GENRES FLOURISHED DURING THE
AMERICAN PERIOD

•SARZUELA
•POETRY
•SHORT STORY
•NOVEL
SARZUELA

THE SARZUELA WERE APPARENTLY

OVERPOWERED BY ENGLISH
DRAMA.
SARZUELA

•THE SARZUELA FIRST BECAME WELL-KNOWN IN

EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY. IF NOT ALL OF THE
SARZUELAS, THEN THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE
DIRECTED TOWARD AMERICAN IMPERALIST
 POETRY

THREE LANGUAGES – FILIPINO, SPANISH,

ENGLISH, AND VARIOUS DIALECTS WERE
USED TO WRITE POETRY.
 WELL-KNOWN POETS DURING THE AMERICAN ERA

CARLOS P. ROMULO JOSE GARCIA VILLA CARLOS BOLUSAN

CARLOS PENA ROMULO SR. (JAN. 14, 1899 – DEC. 15,
1985)
WAS A FILIPINO, DIPLOMAT, STATESMAN, SOLDIER,
JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR.
JOSE GARCIA VILLA ( AUG. 5T,
1908 – FEB. 7, 1997)
WAS A FILIPINO POET, LITERARY
CRITIC, SHORT STORY WRITER,
AND PAINTER.
CARLO SAMPAYAN BOLUSAN
(NOV. 24, 1913 – SEPT. 11, 1956)
WAS A FILIPINO NOVELIST AND
POET WHO IMMIGRATED TO U.S.
ON JULI 1, 1930.
THERE ARE THREE BOOKS WERE PUBLISHED:

•A PRE – WAR COLLECTION BY CARLO BOLUSAN

•THE ENGLISH GERMAN ANTHOLOGY OF POETS
EDITED BY PABLO LASLO
•FILIPINO POETRY EDITED BY RODOLFO DATO.
ONE OF THE FOUNDATION OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
WAS…
 SHORT STORY WRITERS

ALSO, ENGLISH POETRY WAS FOUNDED. SHORT STORIES IN

ENGLISH OF EARLY FILIINO FICTIONISTS ARE MARKED WITH
AMERICAN STYLE. THIS ALL CHANGED WITH THE FOUNDING
OF U . P WRITERS CLUB IN 1926 WHOSE AIM WAS TO
ENHANCE AND PROPAGATE THE “LANGUAGE OF
SHAKESPEARE”.
“ THE COMBINATION OF THE FOREIGN
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF A FILIPINO.
ENABLED FICTIONALS TO PRODUCE GREAT LITERARY WORKS. THE PUBLIC CAN NOW ”
RELATE TO THE STORY BECAUSE THE PUBLIC ALSO EXPERIENCES WHAT STORY HAS TO
SAY AND THEY CAN NOW UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGES BEING USED BY THE WRITER.
THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD (1946 TO PRESENT)
THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD (1946 TO PRESENT)

THIS PERIOD BEGAN WITH THE REVIVAL OF FREEDOM IN

1946 AND CONTINUES TO PRESENT. IN 1946, THE
AMERICANS RETURNED. FILIPINO REJOICED, AND REBELS
WHO HAD ESCAPED TO THE MOUNTAIN ALLIED WITH THE
LIBERATING AMERICAN ARMY.
“ THE PHILIPPINES REGAINED IT’S
INDEPENDENCE ON JULY 4, 1946
”
AND THE FILIPINO FLAG WAVED JOYFULLY ALONE. THE
CHAINS HAD BEEN BROKEN.
A. THE STATE OF LITERATURE DURING THIS PERIOD

THE ‘STRUGGLE OF MIND AND SPIRIT’ POSED BY THE

ENEMY’S UNEXPECTED FREEDOM AND THE FRENXIED
YEARNING TO SEE PRINT CHARACTERIZED THE EARLY POST-
LIBERATION PERIOD.
WHEN IS THE PERIOD OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE?

THE PERIOD OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE IS SAID TO BEGIN

AFTER THE END OF WORLD WAR II IN 1945 AND IS STILL
OCCURRING TO THIS DAY. IT INCLUDES WRITERS LIKE ALLEN
GINSBERG, STEPHEN KING, HARUKI MURIKAMI, MARGARET
ATWOOD, DAVID MITCHELL , ISABEL ALLENDE, IAN MCEWAN AND
MORE.
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE?

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTEMPORARY

LITERATURE. SOME THAT ARE DISTINCT FROM THE LAST 70 YEARS
INCLUDE FLASH FICTION AND SLAM POETRY. GENRES LIKE
ROMANTIC, COMEDIES, PYSCHOLOGICAL, THRILLERS, AND MORE
HAVE DEVELOPED AS WELL.
THANK YOU! AND HAVE A BLESSED DAY…