21st Century Literature Lesson Lesson4 Week 4

Literature During
Japanese Colonization
and Post War Period
Lesson 4
What do you know
about the
colonization of
Japanese here in the
Philippines?
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Between 1941-1945, Philippine Literature
was interrupted in its development when
the Philippines was again conquered by
another foreign country, Japan.
-Tribune and the Philippine review

The Filipino Literary tradition has
resulted from the merging of
literary traditions from precolonial
to the colonial periods. (Lumbera
and Lumbera, 2004)
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Quotations are commonly printed as a means of
inspiration and to invoke philosophical thoughts from
the reader.
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Quotations are commonly printed as a means of inspiration
and to invoke philosophical thoughts from the reader.
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Quotations are commonly printed as a means of inspiration
and to invoke philosophical thoughts from the reader.
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the reader.
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During Post-War Period
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The post-war period in literature
reflected the intensified nationalism
among the Filipino writers as an effect
to the pressing realities, and the growth
from stylistic sophistication to more
socially relevant works.
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The following writers and their most-acclaimed works have
flourished in what is called the contemporary period:
• Amado V. Hernandez wrote the novels Mga Ibong

Mandaragit (1960) and Luha ng Buwaya (1962), a poetry
collection, Isang Dipang Langit (1961) and Bayang Malaya
(1969)
• Lazaro Francisco wrote the novels Ama (1930), Bayang
Nagpatiwakal (1932), Ilaw sa Hilaga (1948), Maganda Pa Ang
Daigdig (1956) and Daluyong (1962).
• Constante Casabar wrote Dagiti Mariing iti Parbangon (1957).
• Alberto Florentino wrote the play The World is An Apple
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• Jose Garcia Villa wrote a collection published in the
U.S. which is the Selected Poems and New (1958),
Have Come, Am Here (1942) and Volume Two
(1949).
• Alejandro G. Abadilla wrote a collection entitled
Piniling mga Tula ni AGA (1965) and 25
Pinakamabubuting Maikling Kuwento ng Taong
1943.
• Macario Pineda was a known for his Tagalog short
stories.8. Genoveva Edroza-Matute wrote the
collection of short stories, Ako’y Isang Tinig (1952)
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▪ Kerima Polotan wrote about women in her collection
Stories (1968).
▪ Tony Perez wrote the play Hoy Boyet (1968) and Bombita
(1981).
▪ Paul Dumol wrote the play Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio
(1969) and Cabesang Tales (1974).
▪ Rolando Tinio translated the plays Death of a Salesman,
Miss Julie and Waiting for Godot. He also wrote Sitsit sa
Kuliglig (1972), Dunung-Dunungan (1975), Kristal Na
Uniberso (1989) and A Trick of Mirrors (1993).
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• Carlos Angeles wrote the poem A Stun of Jewels (1963).
• Emmanuel S. Torres wrote two books of poems: Angels
and Fugitives (1966) and Shapes of Silence (1972).
• Nick Joaquin wrote the novels The Woman Who Had
Two Navels (1961) and Cave and Shadows (1983).
• N.V.M. Gonzales wrote the novels Season of Grace
(1956) and The Bamboo Dancers (1959) and short stories
Children of the Ash Covered Loam (1954) and Look,
Stranger, on This Island Now (1963).
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▪ Bienvenido N. Santos wrote the novels Villa Magdalena (1965), The
Volcano (1965), The Praying Man (1971-72), The Man Who (Thought
He) Looked Like Robert Taylor (1983), What the Hell for You Left Your
Heart in San Francisco (1987) and short stories You Lovely People (1955),
Brother My Brother (1960), The Day the Dancers Came and Other Stories
(1967) and Scent of Apples (1980).
▪ Alejandrino G. Hufana wrote the collection The Poro Point Anthology
(1961).
▪ Ricaredo Demetillo wrote the poem Barter in Panay (1961).
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• Wilfrido D. Nolledo wrote the short story But for the Lovers (1970)
• Rogelio G. Mangahas edited Manlilikha, Mga Piling Tula (1967).
• Efren R. Abueg edited the anthology Mga Agos sa Disyerto (1964).
• Renato Constantino wrote three major books The Making of a Filipino
(1969), The Philippines: A Past Revisited (1975), and The Philippines: The
Continuing Past (1978).
• Virgilio S. Almario known as Rio Alma, wrote the essays Ang Makata sa
Panahon ng Makina (1972), and poems Makinasyon (1968), Peregrinasyon
(1970), Doktrinang Anakpawis (1979), Mga Retrato at Rekwerdo (1984) and
Muli, sa Kandungan ng Lupa (1994).
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• Jose F. Lacaba wrote a collection of poems Kagilagilalas na
Pakikipagsapalaran (1979).
• Lamberto E. Antonio wrote his early poems Hagsik ng Talahib
(1980).
• Franciso Sionil Jose wrote several novels The Pretenders (1962),
The Rosales Saga: My Brother, My Executioner (1973), Tree (1978)
and Poon: A Filipino Novel, and Mass (1984).
• Jun Cruz Reyes wrote a collection Utos ng Hari at Iba Pang
Kuwento (1981).
• Lualhati Bautista, Aida F. Santos, Malou Jacob, Elynia
Mabanglo, Marjorie Evasco, Fanny Garcia, Rosalie Matilac,
Lilia Q. Santiago, Rosario Cruz Lucero, and Joi Barrios are some
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Activity A.
Track your reading. Have you ever read any of the following texts mentioned?
Put a check mark on the line that comes before each number if you have read.
_____ 1. A book written in English by a Filipino author

_____ 2. A text set in the rural area
_____ 3. A text about the Japanese occupation
_____ 4. A play about a national movement
_____ 5. A text tackling events during the Martial Law
_____ 6. A text written by a Filipino woman
_____ 7. A text written by a Filipino expatriate
_____ 8. A translated work in Filipino
_____ 9. A poem with a modern structure
_____ 10. An essay written by a Filipino writer
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Activity B.
Match the following writers to their respective works. Write the letter that
corresponds to your answer on the space on the space provided before each
number.
Column A Column B
_____ 1. Alberto Florentino a. Mass

_____ 2. Amado V. Hernandez b. Scent Of Apple
_____ 3. Genoveva Edroza Matute c. Hoy Boyet
_____ 4. Paul Dumol d. The Bamboo Dancer
_____ 5. Jose Garcia Villa e. Barter In Panay
_____ 6. N.V.M. Gonzales f. Have Come, Am Here
_____ 7. Tony Perez g. Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio
_____ 8. Bienvenido Santos h. Ako’y Isang Tinig
_____ 9. Ricaredo Demetillo i. The World is an Apple
_____ 10. F. Sionil Jose
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j. Isang Dipang Langit
Activity C.
Answer the following questions.
1. What led Filipino writers to write the way they did?
2. Quotationsinfluence
How were the colonizers’ are commonly
help in printed as a means
the development of of
Philippine literature?
the reader.
3. How can literature effect social change?
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4. Why is there a need for women to be involved in the
nationalistic movement? In the arts, particularly
literature?

5. Why was the use of Filipino as a medium of
the reader. writing
essential?
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Thank you for listening!
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Literature During

-Tribune and the Philippine review

• Amado V. Hernandez wrote the novels Mga Ibong

▪ Ricaredo Demetillo wrote the poem Barter in Panay (1961).

_____ 1. A book written in English by a Filipino author

_____ 1. Alberto Florentino a. Mass

3. How can literature effect social change?

Quotations are commonly printed as a means of

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