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Hinilawod (Panay)
Darangen (Maranaw)
Characteristics:
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shift from nature and natural phenomena to preoccupation with the
lives of saints, miracles, hymns, and invocations founded on
Christian doctrine
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Reading fare come from pamphlets, novenas, and
prayer books
that are religious in nature
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Marked by literary imitation
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Fanciful but lacked imagination
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Plots were repetitious
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Themes are trite
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Characters were mere clichs
Forms:
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continuation of duplo and karagatan
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Metrical romance (awit and corrido)
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Pasion
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Cenaculo
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Moro-moro
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Carillo (shadow play)
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Tibag
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Zarzuela
PROPAGANDA AND THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
Jose Palmas Filipinas (now by Julian Cruz Balmaceda and Ildefonso Santos)
April 1900 Pres. William McKinley directed the Phil Commission to make
English the medium of instruction in all public schools
1908 UP was founded (became the forerunner in the use of English for
higher education)
Style of writing:
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formal and imitative
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use of Spanish expressions
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awkward grammar
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difficulty in the use of pronouns and prepositions
1925 Phil Writers Assn was organized with Rizal G. Adorable as President
Early members include Paz Latorena, Loreto Paras, Jose Garcia Villa,
Jose Panganiban, Remedios Mijares, Casiano Calalang, Arturo B.
Rotor, and Augusto Catanjal
1927 Writers Club founded at UP; published Literary Apprentice
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DRAMA and NOVEL hardly written because the vernacular plays and
zarzuela still dominated the stage
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A Child of Sorrow by Zoilo M. Galang first Filipino novel in English
published in 1921 (Other works include Visions of Sower, 1924 and
Nadia,1929.)
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Ernest Lopez, another novelist; published Awakening in 1929
STORIES
1910-1924 Period of the Novices
1925-1931 Period of Phenomenal Growth
Characteristics
POEMS
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Sursum Corda
by Procopio Solidum
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Filipino Poetry
by Procopio Solidum
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Qualities:
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Consciously set out to create national literature
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Gained full control of the English language
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Experimentation with different literary forms, techniques, and
moods
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Three groups of writers emerged
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Noted writers:
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Nick Joquin
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F. Sionil Jose
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N.V.M. Gonzales
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J.G. Villa
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G. Brillantes
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Gilda Cordero-Fernando
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Edith Tiempo
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Kerima Polotan-Tuvera
Poetry symbolist
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Displayed considerable consciousness
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Poets: E. Tiempo
V. Moreno
C. Angeles
C. Bautista
O. Dimalanta
R. Demetillo
B. Lumbera
Essays
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Novel
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Mushrooming of periodicals
Qualities of lit
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sensitive to literary fashions abroad
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more incentives offered to creative works
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writers have better knowledge of their craft
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guerilla and liberation stories begin to appear
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saw the appearance of literary criticism
Alberto S Florentino
Wilfrido Nolledo
Novels
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Other forms
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Hyperpoetry/hypertextual poems
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Blogs/web log
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Text tula
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Flash fiction
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Oral history research
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E-book
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Pop music
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Science fiction
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Speculative fiction
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Graphic novels
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urban legends