Ph literature during the republic period

1946-1985

The republic period 

1946

official independence from us under manuel roxas

ties to the us

bell trade act, military bases, and fullbright program

post war recovery

devastation, slow, and dependent on the US

the death of ramon magsaysay

left the nation in crisis

first quarter storm 

period of student led protest 

post ww2 focused on

nation building, freedom, and search for filipino identity

argriculture based

economy of the ph

taga-bayan

Americanized intelligentsia aligned with “Free World” culture

Taga-bukid

Represented ultra-nationalistic, anti-American identity

shift of literary style

from euro-hispanic to anglo american

komiks

one of the most popular literary forms after ww2

Amado V. Hernandez

Social injustice, corruption, oppression, inequality, hope for freedom and dignity.

Bienvenido N. Santos

Migration, exile, homesickness, cultural identity, longing, loneliness, struggles of Filipinos abroad.

Carlos P. Romulo

• Pulitzer Prize Winner

• Philippine Ambassador to the United States

• Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Education

• War, survival, nationalism, Filipino identity, civic duty, international cooperation

Francisco “F.” Sionil José 

• Po-on

• My Brother, My Executioner

• Class struggle, colonial legacy, nationalism, social justice, rural–urban tension.

Nick Joaquin

• The Woman Who Had Two Navels (1961)

• May Day Eve

• a literary giant

• Philippine history, religion,

 folklore, colonial legacy, memory,

gender, cultural myth

Néstor Vicente Madali González

• Rural life, provincial traditions, family, post-war Filipino identity.