Philippine Literature during Japanese Period

• PHILIPPINE LITERATURE DURING JAPANESE PERIOD (1941-1945) - During this period, the Japanese stopped the use of the English Language in almost all newspapers except for the Tribune and the Philippine Review,

  Pillars, Free Philippines, and Filipina.

  • There was no freedom of speech and of the press.
  • This period encouraged Tagalog writing.
  • Introduction of magazines
  • Focuses in Nationalism
• THE FILIPINO POETRY DURING THE JAPANESE PERIOD:

  
  

  Haiku - poem of free verse that the Japanese like. Most likely about nature. The first line had 5 syllables, the second, 7 syllables and the third, five.

  
  

  Tanaga – a poem consisted of 4 lines, each with 7

  syllables and usually has AAAA rhyme scheme

  
  

  Karaniwang anyo (usual form)

  
  

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