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Tagalog Literature: History and Tradition

Tagalog literature has been born, cradled, nourished and peaked into fruition in the provinces of Southern Luzon, Central Luzon and the present Metropolitan Manila or the National Capital Region.

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Published at 2020-09-18 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Documentary, History

Tags: History, Literature, Tagalog, Tradition

The 10 Best Books in Modern Philippine Literature

Most traditional Filipino books either tell stories about nationalism, real-life experiences, or make use of legends and fables to showcase Filipino traits and values. Modern Filipino books aren’t far from promoting such cultural values, as these books continue to make use of symbols and allegories to depict the daily struggles of Filipinos in dealing with family, friends, romantic partners, and society.

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Published at 2018-02-04 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Lifestyle

Tags: Books, Literature, Modern

The Literature of Eastern Visayas

Eastern Visayas is composed of the islands of Samar, Leyte, Biliran and the smaller outlying islands. In terms of political divisions, it is made up of six provinces, namely Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar, Biliran, Leyte, and Southern Leyte.

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Published at 2017-12-26 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Documentary

Tags: Leyte, Literature, Visayas

Philippine Literature in the Spanish Colonial Period

The existing literature of the Philippine ethnic groups at the time of conquest and conversion into Christianity was mainly oral, consisting of epics, legends, songs, riddles, and proverbs. The conquistador, especially its ecclesiastical arm, destroyed whatever written literature he could find, and hence rendered the system of writing (e.g., the Tagalog syllabary) inoperable.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Documentary, History

Tags: Literature, Period, Spanish, colonial

Philippine Literature in the Post-War and Contemporary Period

Published in 1946, Ginto Sa Makiling – a novel by Macario Pineda, is the first work of note that appeared after the second world war. In plot, it hews close to the mode of romantic fantasy traceable to the awits, koridos and komedyas of the Balagtas tradition. But it is a symbolical narrative of social, moral and political import.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Documentary, History

Tags: Contemporary, Literature, Period, post-war

Philippine Literature in Spanish

Spanish colonization of the Philippines began in 1565 but it was not until the late 19th century that significant writing in Spanish by Filipino emerged. A key reason for the late development is that while printing was introduced in 1593 (with the first book printed in the Philippines, Doctrina Cristiana), the conditions for a “culture of literacy” – particularly, the rise of journalism and an educational system based on letters – developed only in the 19th century. Between 1593 and 1800.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Documentary

Tags: Literature, Philippines, Spanish

Philippine Literature in English

Philippine Literature in English has its roots in the efforts of the American forces at the turn of the century to pacify the Filipino people and instill in them the American ideals of “universality, practicality, and democracy.” By 1901, public education was institutionalized, with English serving as the medium of instruction. Around 600 educators who arrived in that year aboard the S.S. Thomas replaced the soldiers who also functioned as teachers.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Documentary

Tags: American, English language, Literature

Philippine Literature During the American Period

Philippine literary production during the American Period in the Philippines was spurred by two significant developments in education and culture. One is the introduction of free public instruction for all children of school age and two, the use of English as medium of instruction in all levels of education in public schools.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Documentary, History

Tags: American, Literature, Period

Kurditan Samtoy: the Literature of A Manly Race

THE ILOKANO, the native of Ilokandia, or Ilocos region, calls his literature Kurditan Samtoy (from the words “kurdit” which means to write, and “saomi ditoy”, meaning our language here).

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Documentary

Tags: Literature

Hiligaynon Literature

Hiligaynon is the lingua franca of the West Visayas in Central Philippines. Politically labeled Region 6, West Visayas is composed of the provinces of Iloilo, Capiz, Antique and Aklan on the island of Panay; Negros Occidental, the western half of the island of Negros; and the new island-province of Guimaras which used to be a sub-province of Iloilo.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Documentary

Tags: Hiligaynon, Literature, language

Early Philippine Literature

The early inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago had a native alphabet or syllabary which among the Tagalogs was called baybayin, an inscription akin to Sanskrit. It was through the baybayin that literary forms such as songs, riddles and proverbs, lyric and short poems as well as parts of epic poems were written.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Documentary

Tags: Baybayin, Literature, poetic

Cebuano Literature in the Philippines

Cebuano literature refers to the body of oral and written literature of speakers of Cebuano, the mother tongue of a quarter of the country’s population who live in Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor, Negros Oriental, and parts of Leyte and Mindanao. As such, it is an important part of Philippine literature.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Education

Tags: Cebuano, Literature, poetic

Bikol Literature in the Philippines

Bikol is the language of almost 5 million people in the provinces of Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate and Sorsogon that constitute the Bikol Region. The Bikol people have a writing tradition with roots in its ancient folkways. Still extant are charm verses exploiting the possibilities of words in folk poems and narratives with mythical content, and bound with early historical fragments which form part of the people’s lives.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Education

Tags: Bicol, Literature, language