CORE 9 21st Century

• Literature is derived from the Latin term “litera” which means letter.
• Post EDSA I noticed in the new Filipino songs, in the newspapers, in the speeches, and even in the television programs.
• Literature is anything that is printed as long as it is related to the ideas and feelings of the people, whether it is true, or just a product of one’s imagination.
• True literature is a piece of written work which is undying.
• True literature expresses the feelings and emotions of people in response to his everyday efforts to live, to be happy in his environment and, after struggles, to reach his Creator.
• Literature deals with ideas, thoughts, and emotions of man, it can be said to be the story of man.
• Man’s loves, griefs, thoughts, dreams, and aspirations coached in beautiful language is literature.
• Philippine Literature is a diverse and rich group of works that has evolved side – by – side with the country’s history.
• Philippine Literature started with fables and legends made by the ancient Filipinos long before the arrival of Spanish influence.
• The main themes of Philippine literature focus on the country’s pre-colonial cultural traditions and socio-political histories of its colonial and contemporary traditions.
• The Propaganda Movement (1872-1896) was spearheaded mostly by the intellectual middle-class like Jose Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Antonio Luna, Mariano Ponce, Jose Ma Panganiban and Pedro Paterno.
• The new trends have been used and introduced to meet the needs and tastes of the new generation.
• 21st Century learners are demanded to be ICT inclined to compete with the style and format of writing as well.
• The period of the Third Republic was romantic and revolutionary.
• Pre-Spanish literature is characterized by folk tales, the Epic Age, and folk songs.
• New codes or lingos are used to add flavor in the literary pieces produced nowadays.
• The Period of the New Society poems dealt with patience, regard for native culture, customs, and the beauties of nature and surroundings.
• The Pre-Spanish Period in Philippine Literature is characterized by Legends, Folk Tales, The Epic Age, and Folk Songs.
• In the American Regime, Americans influenced Filipino writers to write using the English language.
• They held pens and wrote on placards in red paint the equivalent of the word MAKIBAKA (To dare!).
• In the Period of Activism, campus newspapers were written to show their protest.
• English as a medium of instruction was introduced in the schools as the intellectual language of education.
• Folk tales are stories about life, adventure, love, horror, and humor where one can derive lessons.
• The Epic Age is characterized by epics, which are long narrative poems in which a series of heroic achievements or events, usually of a hero, are dealt with at length.
• Examples of pre-Spanish literature include Biag ni Lam-ang, the first Philippine folk epic to be recorded in written form, and Maragtas, Ibalon, and Hinilawod, which are all from the regions.
• Folk songs are one of the oldest forms of Philippine literature that emerged in the pre-Spanish period.
• These songs mirrored the early forms of culture.
• Graciano Lopez Jaena wrote Ang Fray Botod, La Hija Del Fraile (The Child of the Friar), and Everything Is Hambug (Everything is mere show), Sa Mga Pilipino...1891), and Talumpating Pagunita Kay Kolumbus (An Oration to Commemorate Columbus) during the Period of Enlightenment (1872-1898).
• The artistic feelings of the Filipinos and their love of beauty are manifest in Philippine literature.
• Philippine Literature was interrupted in its development when another foreign country, Japan, conquered the Philippines between1941-1945 during the Japanese Period (1941-1945).
• The first Filipino alphabet, called ALIBATA, was replaced by the Roman alphabet during the Pre-Spanish Literature period.
• The movement for enlightenment was spearheaded by intellectuals like Jose Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Antonio Luna, Mariano Ponce, Jose Ma Panganiban, and Pedro Paterno during the Period of Enlightenment (1872-1898).
• Folk songs, recreational plays, and other forms of entertainment were prevalent during the Pre-Spanish Literature period.
• European legends and traditions brought here became assimilated in our songs, corridos, and moro-moros during the Pre-Spanish Literature period.
• Marcelo del Pilar wrote Pagibig sa Tinubuang Lupa (Love of Country), Kaingat Kayo (Be Careful), and Dasalan at Tocsohan (Prayers and Jokes) during the Period of Enlightenment (1872-1898).
• The Propaganda Movement (1872-1896) was a part of the Period of Enlightenment (1872-1898).
• The languages used in writing during the American Regime (1898-1944) were Spanish, Tagalog, and the dialects of the different regions.
• The teaching of the Christian Doctrine became the basis of religious practices during the Pre-Spanish Literature period.
• Jose Rizal wrote Noli Me Tangere, Mi Ultimo Adios, Sobre La Indolencia Delos Filipinos and Filipinas Dentro De Cien Aňos during the Period of Enlightenment (1872-1898).
• Jose Garcia Villa became famous for his free verse during the American Regime (1898-1944).