Contemporary Period

• Contemporary Period - spanned from 1970-1999
• 4 Sub-periods and significant events during Contemporary Period

  • Period of Activism (1970-1972)
  • Period of the New Society (1972-1980)
  • Period of the Third Republic (1981-1985)
  • Period after the EDSA Revolution (1986-1999)
• How long was the Period of Activism?

  1970-1972
• How long was the Period of the New Society?

  1972-1980
• How long was the Period of the Third Republic?

  1981-1985
• How long was the Period after the EDSA Revolution?

  1986-1999
• Period of Activism - Students began to unite and hold mass protests and demonstrations against the evils that gnawed the government.
• Period of Activism - Most of these rallies ended in violent dispersals of the police and military.
• Period of Activism - Campus newspapers showed rebellious emotions
• Period of Activism - the once aristocratic writers developed awareness for society. The Bloody Placards "Makibaka"
• Period of the New Society - Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law on September 21, 1972
• Period of the New Society - Almost all theme in most writings dealt with the development/progress of the country
• Examples of Development/Progress of the country

  • Green Revolution
  • Family planning
  • Proper nutrition
  • Environment
  • Drug addiction
  • Pollution
• Period of the New Society - the government-led in reviving old plays and dramas
• Examples of Government-led in reviving old plays and dramas

  • Tagalog Zarzuela
  • Senakulo
  • Folk Arts Theater
  • Cultural Center of the Philippines
  • Metropolitan Theater
• Period of the New Society - writers used symbolism and allegories to drive home their message, in face of heavy censorship
• What does PETA stand for?

  Philippine Educational Theater Association
• Period of the New Society - and UP Theater were used as a vehivle for protests
• Contemporary Filipino literary scene under the martial rule

  • The writers' right to free expression was suppressed
  • Fertile ground for the growth of underground writing was provided
• Period of the Third Republic - filipino writers continue to write poetry, short stories, novellas, novels, and essays whether these are committed, gender and ethnic-related,/personal in intention/not
• Period of the Third Republic - from the eighties onwards, writers continue to show dynamism and innovation
• Period after the EDSA Revolution - the filipino people regained their independence after the so-called People Power Revolution prevailed. In a span of 4 days, from Feb. 21-25, 1986
• Period after the EDSA Revolution - the people burned the streets petitioning for changes and reforms from the government
• Period after the EDSA Revolution - the filipino writer has become more conscious of his art with the abundance of writers' workshops here of literature available to him via the mass media including the internet
• Some of the more recent fiction writers during the time

  • Paulino Lim
  • Alfred Buson
  • Jose Dalisay
  • Cristina S. Hidalgo