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Literature in the Spanish Colonial PeriodAn Overview
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Brief Timeline1521 was the year the Spanish
colonizers came◦the start of the rule of the “cross and
the sword”◦Half a century later, colonization and
evangelization, through Miguel Lopez de Legaspi and Fray Andres Urdaneta respectively
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Brief Timeline 1834
◦International trade opened
1869◦Opening of the Suez Canal
Event leads to burgeoning of agricultural industry
◦Carlos Ma. De la Torre, a sympathetic governor-general, was appointed, opening up a movement led by middle class for reforms
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Brief Timeline1593, the year when Doctrina
Christiana, was printed, first book ever printed in the country
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Notes on Spanish ColonizationThe use of faith (Christian) to
supplant the existing native, local belief◦Politics and religion were already
mixing at that time!Colonial strategy was to
undermine oral traditionThe Spaniards eventually hired
translators for the instructional materials, marking the beginning of “Indio” literacy
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Colonial Writers of Philippine LiteratureFrancisco de San Jose, Fernando
Bagong Banta and Gaspar Aquino de Belen◦Translators of Spanish texts◦The most famous is de Belen, a poet
translator who wrote the Tagalog version for the Passion of Christ
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Colonial Writers of Philippine LiteratureJose dela Cruz
◦The foremost proponent of komedya ◦His appeal to the non-literate was
universal
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Colonial Writers of Philippine LiteratureFrancisco Baltazar
◦Also known as “Balagtas”◦Acknowledged master of traditional
poetry◦Was a child of the global bourgeois
revolution, thanks largely to the Industrial Revolution
◦Best known for his work, Florante at Laura about tyranny in Albania
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Colonial Writers of Philippine LiteraturePedro Paterno
◦Wrote Ninay, first Filipino novel and written in Spanish
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Colonial Writers of Philippine LiteratureJose Rizal
◦chose realistic novel as his medium◦Chose prose over poetry, challenging
figurative tradition set by Balagtas◦Famous for his works Noli Me
Tangere and El Filibusterismo
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Colonial Writers of Philippine LiteratureGraciano Lopez-Jaena and
Marcelo Del Pilar◦Liberal Reformists◦Formed the Propaganda Movement,
and printed works that were considered subversive
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Colonial Writers of Philippine LiteratureAndres Bonifacio and Emilio
Jacinto◦Writers and social critics
REVOLUTIONARIES!