Philippine Literature During The American and Japanese Period Flashcards
3 notes of american occupation
he US established a civil government in 1901. Free public education was introduced with English as the medium of instruction.
In 1934, President Roosevelt signed a bill making the Philippines a commonwealth.
On May 14, 1935 Manuel L. Quezon was elected president.
5 characteristics of and features of american period
Zarsuelas
Tagalog Prose Fiction
Novel
Poetry
Short Story
a musical stage plays that does not use dialog, this allowed filipinos to see the actions of the spaniards.
ationalistic writers took heart and during the first decade of the American Colonial Regime, wrote stage plays that were critical of the United Staes or advocating independence.
Zarsuelas
is a poem intended to be spoken,
Authors of these prose were sentimental and opted more for romantic escapades than for burning issues of the day.
Tagalog prose fiction
is a composition of stories/long stories that you need to read in order to understand. the americans televised this and played it on radios
This blank showed the sentimental character of each Filipino using the tents of provinces.
Novel
Americans added how to write odes,sonnet and free verse
ode is a religious poetry originating from greece.
hey turned our not only love poems but patriotic, religious, descriptive and reflective poems as well. They wrote in free verse, in odes and sonnets and in other types. Poetry was original, spontaneous, competently written and later, incorporated social consciousness.
Poetry
is the same as in spanish times because it originated from spain (uses hyperbole/symbolism and complicated terms) to american occupation that used easy to understand terms and became simple as possible
There were still remnants of Spanish influence in the use of expressions that were florid, sentimental, exaggerated and bombastic.
Short Story
Three Period Emerged during American Period
1.The Period of Re-orientation (1898-1910)
2. The Period of Imitation (1910-1924)
3. Period of Self-Discovery and Growth (1925-1941)
The word of reorientation came into existence during this period. English as a literary vehicle came with the American occupation in August 13, 1898 and as they say, a choice bestow on us by history. By 1900, English came to be used as a medium of instruction in the public schools.
filipinos became free to write again during this period as english became a medium of instruction in learninf
The Period of Re-orientation (1898-1910)
They were then examining their way into imitating American and British models which resulted in a mannered, artificial and unnatural style, lacking vigor and spontaneity
The Period of Imitation (1910-1924)
By this time, Filipino writers
had acquired the mastery of English writing. They now confidently and competently wrote on a lot of subjects although the old-time favorites of love and youth persisted. They went into all forms of writing like the novel and the drama.\
filipino writing became original again and made new original additions to the realm of literature
Period of Self-Discovery and Growth (1925-1941)
English is Filipino Poetry (1924), edited by Rodolfo Dato (poetry collection)
blank by Paz Marquez Benitez (short story)
“Dead Stars” (1925)
blank by Zoilo M. Galang
It is the first Filipino novel in English.
A child of Sorrow (1921)
Blank by Juan C. Laya
Is a novel and won first prize in the First Commonwealth Literary Awards in 1940.
His Native Soil (1940)
The poet Fernando Maramag writes in the Romantic tradition in his sonnet blanket
“Moonlight on Manila Bay” (1921)
