21ST CENTURY LITERATURE

is about four hundred years old. It is a product, a reflection of and reaction to the period, place and people who produced it.

• 21ST LITERATURE

• PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

• LITERACY

• PHILIPPINE LITERACY

a simple and insightful, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience.

• Salawikain

• Bugtong

• Myths

• Folk Songs

a type of dance that imitates nature, it mimics the behaviors of animals and natural phenomena.

• Folk Dance

• Mimetic Dance

• Legends

• Hiphop Dance

long narrative accounts of heroic exploit events of a hero under supernatural control.

• Myths

• Legends

• Folk Epic

• Folk Narrative

a statement, question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning.

• PUN

• BUGTONG

• SALAWIKAIN

• KASABIHAN

Folk Narrative Contains of?

• Legends, Folklore, Supernatural

• Folk Epic, Folk Tales, Legends

• Myths, Alamat, Bugtong

• Myth, Legends, Folk Tales

It is an accepted belief that the Spanish colonization of the Philippines started in 1565 during the time of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, the first Spanish governor-general in the Philippines. Literature started to flourish during his time. This spurt continued unabated until the Cavite Revolt in 1872. The Spaniards colonized the Philippines for more than three centuries.

• PHILIPPINE LITERATURE UNDER SPANISH PERIOD

• PHILIPPINE LITERATURE UNDER JAPANESE PERIOD

• PHILIPPINE LITERATURE UNDER AMERICAN PERIOD

• PHILIPPINE LITERATURE UNDER MARCOS PERIOD

This is a Biblical story printed in the Philippines and translated to Tagalog from Greek by Fr. Antonio de Borja. It is believed to be the first Tagalog novel published in the Philippines even if it is only a translation. The printed translation 

has only 556 pages. The Ilocano translation in poetry was done by Fr. Agustin Mejia. 

• Urbana at Felisa. 

• The Passion

• Ang Barlaan at Josephat.

• Ang Mga Dalit kay Maria (Psalms for Mary). 

This is the book about the life and sufferings of Jesus Christ. It is read only during Lent. There were 4 versions of this in Tagalog and each version is according to the name of the writer. These are the Pilapil version (by Mariano Pilapil of Bulacan, 1814), the de Belen version (by Gaspar Aquino de Belen of Bat. in 1704), the de la Merced (by Aniceto de la Merced of Norzagaray, Bulacan in 1856) and the de Guia version (by Luis de Guia in 1750). Critics are not agreed whether it is the Pilapil or the de la Merced version which is the most popular

• The Passion

• Urbana at Felisa. 

• Ang Mga Dalit kay Maria (Psalms for Mary). 

• Ang Barlaan at Josephat.

The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 covers the period of American rule in the Philippines. The United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1946

• PHILIPPINE LITERATURE: HOTDOG PERIOD

• PHILIPPINE LITERATURE: JAPANESE PERIOD

• PHILIPPINE LITERATURE: SPANISH PERIOD

• PHILIPPINE LITERATURE: AMERICAN PERIOD