Philippine Literature Under The Republic Prepared by: Cherry Mae M. Cajeras

1. (1946-1985)
PHILIPPINE LITERATURE UNDER
THE REPUBLIC

2. Prepared by:
Cherry Mae M. Cajeras BSA-2

3. O
NA D
W O R K S
T H E I R

6.  Alberto S. Florentino is the author and
playwright of the famed " The World is an
Apple".
 The themes that he usually tackles about deals
with everyday scenarios of a commoner's life.
 He usually portrays the struggles of Filipinos.
The World Is An Apple and Other Prize
Plays(1959)
 It contains Florentino’s most popular and
characteristics plays.
His work:
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THEME:
Anachronism

8. Her work:Her background:

9. Fictionist:

10. His background: His work:
 Macario Pineda was
a Philippine writer
known for his short
stories, "Suyuan the
pond.“
 He is a Tagalog
fictionist who excelled
in the authentic
evocation
of the Philippine
Countryside.
25Pinakamabubuti
ng Maikling
Kuwento ng Taong
1943- it is a
collection of short
stories produced
under Japanese
sponsorship during
the war years.

12. Genoveva(1915- )

13. Novels:
Ilaw sa Hilaga
Daluyong

16. In these two novels, Francisco
returned to the world of his early
novel AMA, and took another
look at the agrarian unrest and
the vexing problem of land
reform which had flared up in
the late 1940’s.

17. Novels:

19. It depicted the
plight of the
peasantry and how
exploitation by the
landlords taught
them to organize in
order to fight for
their rights.

20. It bears
the mark of
romanticism
traceable
to Balagtas and the
stamp of social
concern deriving
from Rizal and
other poets.

21. BANAAG AT
SIKAT

22. It is a long narrative
poem about a
crusading
newspaperman who
becomes a guerilla
fighter, a labor leader
and then a political
prisoner.

23. Whose flawed
craftsmanship fails to
douse its fiery protest
against domination of
the Philippines by
American
industrialists, morally
bankrupt religious
leaders and corrupt
bureaucrats.

24. Alejandro Abadilla
Piniling Mga
Tula Ni AGA

25. Alejandro Abadilla
(1904)
 Alejandro G. Abadilla (March 10, 1906–August
26, 1969), commonly known as AGA, was a
Filipino poet, essayist and fiction writer. Critic
Pedro Ricarte referred to Abadilla as the father of
modern Philippine poetry, and was known for
challenging established forms and literature's
"excessive romanticism and emphasis on rime
and meter“.
 He is a young poet in 1940 by what he perceived
to be the emptiness of much of the verse being
written by his elders.

27. Emmanuel
Torres
Angels And
Fugitives
English Poet

28. Emmanuel Torres
(1931- )

30. In this book, many poems are
refreshingly loose and released,
giving notice that the poet had
decided to “hang loose” and open
himself to the social realities of the
time.