Lesson 3 (American Period)

• Arrival of 600 Thomasites


  1901
• UP Writer's Club


  1927
• The Varsitarian (the official student publication of the University of Santo Tomas) established


  1928
• Azucena


  A romantic poem by Marcelo De Gracia Concepcion, named after a lily found in the Philippines
• Modernisms


  • Have Come, Am Here – by Jose Garcia Villa
  • Like the Molave – by Rafael Zulueta De Costa
  • Ako Ang Daigdig – by Alejandro Abadilla
• Novels Written in Local Languages

  • Banaag at Sikat by Lope K. Santos (1906)
  • Anino ng Kahapon by Francisco Laksaman (1906)
  • Pinaglahuan by Faustino Aguilar (1907)
  • Ama by Lazaro Francisco (1927)
  • Doktor Kuba by Fausto Galauran (1933)
  • Ang Palad ni Pepe by F.P. Boquecosa (1937)
• A Child of Sorrow (1921)


  A novel by Zoilo Galang, recognized as the first work of published Filipino fiction written in English
• Short Stories


  • Stealer of Hearts (1921) – by Jose Villa Panganiban
  • Footnote to Youth (1933) – by Jose Garcia Villa
  • How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife by Manuel Arguilla, The Wound and the Scar by Arturo Rotor (1930s)
• The use of Spanish language diminished
• English became a new language in the culture
• Arrival of 600 Thomasites


  1901
• UP Writer's Club


  1927
• The Varsitarian (the official student publication of the University of Santo Tomas) established


  1928
• Azucena


  A romantic poem by Marcelo De Gracia Concepcion, named after a lily found in the Philippines
• Modernisms


  • Have Come, Am Here – by Jose Garcia Villa
  • Like the Molave – by Rafael Zulueta De Costa
  • Ako Ang Daigdig – by Alejandro Abadilla
• Novels Written in Local Languages

  • Banaag at Sikat by Lope K. Santos (1906)
  • Anino ng Kahapon by Francisco Laksaman (1906)
  • Pinaglahuan by Faustino Aguilar (1907)
  • Ama by Lazaro Francisco (1927)
  • Doktor Kuba by Fausto Galauran (1933)
  • Ang Palad ni Pepe by F.P. Boquecosa (1937)
• A Child of Sorrow (1921)


  A novel by Zoilo Galang, recognized as the first work of published Filipino fiction written in English
• Short Stories


  • Stealer of Hearts (1921) – by Jose Villa Panganiban
  • Footnote to Youth (1933) – by Jose Garcia Villa
  • How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife by Manuel Arguilla, The Wound and the Scar by Arturo Rotor (1930s)
• The use of Spanish language diminished
• English became a new language of culture in the Philippines