history of philippine literature

lakambini

queen/lady of high rank

maharani

sanskrit for royal queen or empress

bathala

supreme god/creator deity

lakan

precolonial fil title for a king/nobleman/chieftain

singkil

folk dance of maranao, royal dance

princess, elegance & skill w/ bamboo poles

from epic darangen

courtship of prince bantugan to princess gandingan

precolonial

early times - 1564

fables and legends

oral traditions

strict class structure

precolonial works

salawikain, bugtong, sawikain

oyayi & hele

passed on from generations

binukot

visayan tradition that secludes a young woman, cultural bearers of panay bukidnon

vast knowledge of epics

spanish colonial

lent spanish words to filipino, european stuff assimilated to our stuff

spanish language & catholic faith

pasyon

long narrative poem about death of christ

doctrina christiana

2 books on catechism of catholic church in 1593

senakulo

dramatization of passion & death of christ

awit

colorful tales of chivalry

singing & chanting

korido

metrical tale

prose narratives

written to describe proper decorum

nationalistic

propaganda & revolutionary period

after execution of gomburza in 1872

first focused on peaceful advocacy

use of tagalog instead of spanish

pedro alejandro paterno

first novel written by a filipino - ninay (1885)

ilustrado

la solidaridad

most famous propaganda publication in barcelona, spain

la independencia

later continued revolutionary ideas

paper that promoted reform in the philippines

american

1910-1930

free verse gained popularity

shift in flexibility of poetry

short stories, free verse, comics

bodabil

stage entertainment from 1910s-1960s

variety show, music, comedy, magic acts, dance numbers, etc.

american period writers

zolio galang - child of sorrow

jose garcia villa - footnote to youth

severino montano - sabina

postwar era

patriotism - life of a simple filipino

cultural hybridity

new yorker in tondo

marcelino agana jr

kikay - americanized filipino returns to tondo

satirization of post war cultural identity, colonial mentality, modernity & tradition in the philippines after 1946

filam writers

carlos bulosan - america is in the heart (1946)

earliest portrayal of asian american immigrant life

f sionil jose

rosales saga (1973-1984)

social injustice & elitism in philippine society

mars ravelo

king of pinoy komiks

contemporary

criticizing & satirizing of current state of philippines instead of just celebration

politics shaped lit (martial law)

resistance of censorship, propaganda, etc

21st century

mass printing & digital technology, international

modern issues like diversity & mental health