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Emergence
Period
1935 - 1945
THE EMERGENCE PERIOD
According to Jose M. Hernandez,
“There was an inflorescence of literature. A
sunburst of glory seemed to illumine the whole
country. Everybody was eager to try his wings; a
new wave of freedom permeated not only the life
of the people but also the literature produced.”
Professor Hernandez
He enthusiastically called this the “Golden
Age of Philippine Literature in English”
What cause this flowering of creative
energy in Filipino writing?
It is difficult to say but Herbert Schneider, S.J., points to the
following contributors factors:
Then the father walked out of the house with great agony.
Poems
Jose Garcia Villa
Born in Singalong, Manila.
After he was expelled for publishing “Man Song’s”, he went
to U.S and studied in the University of Mexico.
His stories and poems have been published in the U.S. – A
Footnote to Youth and Other Stories, by Scribner’s; and
Have Come, Am Here, by New Directions.
Outstanding Filipino with an International reputation.
In 1959, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of
Literature, honoris causa, by the Far Eastern University.
In the poem below, Villa shows man as holding the world in
the hollow of his hand and daring to measure God.
God said, “I Made a Man”
God said, “I made a man”
Out of clay
But so bright he, he spun
Himself to brightest Day
Till he was oh shining gold
And oh