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Timeline Spanish Period

Beginning of the American

Period

Period of Reorientation

Before 1898 1898 1900 to 1910

Before

1898• Literature was characterized by RELIGION

• FRIARS owned the printing presses

– Used to spread Christianity

• There was a switch from the Alibata to the Roman alphabet.

• Spanish friars greatly influenced Filipinos.

Spanish Periodknown as

Before

1898• a group of young

filipinos, Illustrados, emerged– product of the

universities and wealthy families

– decided to use their pens

– nagged Spaniards with their literary works using their non-bloody and intellectual ways to demand equality and recognition

– Most were put in exile

Spanish Periodknown as

Jose Rizal | Marcelo del Pilar | Graciano Lopez Jaena

Before

1898 Spanish Periodknown as

This alphabet consists of 17 letters of which 3

are vowels and 14 are consonants

Long before the Spaniards landed on Philippine shores, our ancestors already had their own literature written in

ALIBATA varying from legends, epic, riddles, sayings, folk songs, etc.

Before

1898 Spanish Periodknown as

The only records that remained were passed on by word of mouth.

During the Spanish period, ancient writings were prohibited ,

and thus, BURNED in the belief that they were “works of the devil”.

1898• Writers were still adjusting to the newfound freedom after the paralyzing

effect of repression of thought and speech under the Spanish regime.

• 3 kinds of writers:

American Periodbeginning of th

e

English

• imitated the themes and methods of the Americans

Spanish

• continued to talk about nationalism

Filipino

•continued their attempts to arouse love for one’s native tongue

1898 Period of ReorientationHailed as the

1910 to

August 13, 1898• American soldiers came to supposedly liberate the Filipinos from the clutches of the

Spanish conquerors – Battle of Manila.

1900s• English was at first taught as a subject as the Spanish system of

education was allowed to continue.

• English became the medium of instruction in all

Philippine schools.

1898 Period of ReorientationHailed as the

1910 to

Thomasites• Teachers of English

numbering 600 sailed on the

ship SS Thomas from San Francisco to Manila on July 1, 1901.

• young idealist US Military teachers who introduced the first formal education in the country in 1906.

• Thus, considered as the Filipinos’ first teachers.

Before

1898 Spanish Periodknown asThe Baguio Teachers Camp , located in the

City of Pines, where teachers' assembly and other activities are being held annually was

named after its founders, the Thomasites – the first teachers.

Baguio Teachers Camp

1898 Period of ReorientationHailed as the

1910 to

1901• The Philippine Normal School was founded to train Filipino

teachers to take charge of elementary education.

1908• The University of the Philippines (U.P.-Faura) was established to

train young Filipinos for tasks in the colonial bureaucracy– it was also the forerunner in the teaching of the English language– it became the center of literary effort

• Silliman University was also established.

Notable& their AUTHORSWorks

• The first attempts in English were in two periodicals of this time:

– El Renacimiento: • founded in Manila by Rafael Palma in 1901.

– Philippines Free Press: • established in Manila in 1905

by R. McCullough Dick & D. Theo Rogers.

* Not much was produced during this period and what literature was produced was not much of literary worth.

Notable& their AUTHORSWorks * Not much was produced during this period and what literature was produced was not much of literary worth.

• POETRY– SURSUM CORDA (“Lift up your Hearts”)

• written by Justo Juliano in 1907• was the first work to be published in English.• appeared in the Renacimiento

– MY MOTHER and his AIR CASTLES • written by Jan F. Salazar’s in 1909• also published in the Renacimiento

– TO MY LADY IN LAOAG• by Proceso Sebastian in 1909• also published in the Renacimiento

Notable& their AUTHORSWorks * Not much was produced during this period and what literature was produced was not much of literary worth.

• DRAMA– R.I.P. (1902)– Walang Sugat (Zarsuela)– Sigalot ng mga Filipino at

Americano (1898) – Los ramitos de flores (Flowered

Boughs), 1908• written by Severino Reyes

– Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas (1902); – Bagong Cristo (1907);

• Written by Aurelio Tolentino

• FICTIONAL PROSE– Maring (1908); – Buhay (1909);).

• Written by Aurelio Tolentino

• NONFICTION PROSE– La Punta de Salto (The Place

of Origin)• Written by Macario Adriatico

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