21st: Unit 8.3

The poem entitled "The Way We Live "(1992) by ________ was one of the early poems during the 1990s that was written by an author from the gay community.

Danton Remoto

The year 1986 marks the beginning of the ________ that former President Marcos instigated on September 21, 1972.

fall of martial law

A History & Anthology, he mentioned notable events of the Philippine literary scene when martial law finally ended and a new government was established

Lumberas Philippine Literature

Virgilio Almario, Isagani Cruz, and Soledad Reyes embarked on different approaches, post-structuralist and postcolonial, in reading Philippine writing.

Critics such as

including male authors writing about women, enabled the flourishing of gay and feminist discourse. The poem entitled “The Way We Live” (1992) by Danton Remoto was one of the early poems during the 1990s that was written by an author from the gay community.

The rise of gays’ and women's writings

paved the way for the development of vernacular literature, or literature written using the daily speech of common people, which also became a source of regional literary histories.

Post-EDSA writings

Creative writing centers after EDSA may be grouped into two:

Academic institutions and Writers’

organizations

that periodically sponsor symposia on writing and/or set up workshops for its members and other interested parties include UMPIL (Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas), PANULAT (Pambansang Unyon ng mga Manunulat), Panday-Lipi, GAT (Galian sa Arte at Tula), KATHA (Pangkat ng Kabataang Kuwentista), 14 LIRA (Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika at Anyo), GUMIL (Gunglo Dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano), and LUDABI (Lubas sa Dagang Binisaya).

Writers’ organization

included creative writing as part of their curricular offerings. Students of literature are also allowed to connect with other creative writers/critics/professors. Such academic institutions include the Silliman University, the University of the Philippines, the Ateneo de Manila University, De la Salle University, and San Carlos University in Cebu.

Academic institutions