MODULE 1 Philippine Literature: Post Colonial Period and Contemporary Times Flashcards
Still, as the country thrived in nation-building and in searching for the Filipino identity, ____________ has always been a mechanism, a tool with which ideologies are being expressed, and a constant marker of the years.
literature
Writers, however, met another struggle as ____________ was imposed when then-________________________ imposed Martial Law in 1972 and carried out regulations to shut down and take over ____________________________.
- censorship
- President Ferdinand Marcos
- privately owned media outlets
In his ______________________, all newspapers, magazines, radio, and TV facilities were prohibited from operating, lest it is used for _______________ against the government.
- Letter of Instruction No. 1
- propaganda
Despite these hindrances to freedom of speech, Filipino writers continued to produce pieces that speak about the ______________________________ during this period.
suffering, injustice, and corruption
For instance, Pete Lacaba published the poem _____________________ in the crony magazine Focus under the pen name ____________.
- “Prometheus Unbound”
- Ruben Cuevas
The poem aesthetically references Greek gods and goddesses, but a close reading of the first letters of each line of the poem lies the message: __________________________
- “Prometheus Unbound”
- “MARCOS HITLER DIKTADOR TUTA.”
Some of the most known works that center on the Martial Law that were written during and after these dark times are:
Lualhati Bautista’s Dekada ‘70 and Desaparesidos, Primitivo Mijares’s The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, and José Y. Dalisay Jr.’s Killing Time in a Warm Place.
Books are no longer just available in print, but also comes in digital format such as the _________________.
e-book and e-pub
It is anything that was written and published in the year 2000s.
contemporary literature or 21st century literature
