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PHILLIPPINE LITERATURE AFTER EDSA
Scrapped by: Marianne C. Torres
NOTABLE WORKS
A comrade’s death
The Execution
Kabilang sa mganawawala
Geylav
Voice Tape
Ang pinakahuling kwento ni Huli
Liham ni Pinay mula sa Brunei
Gahasa
The way we live
Conversations
Caravan of the water bears
Maria de Las
Flores
Regla sa Buwan ng Hunyo
The internal conflict of every Filipino during these times, whose blood boils at being under the martial rule.
Jose Y.
Dalisay
was born
in
Romblon
in 1954.
The novel tells the story of every man, woman and child who lived during the time of martial law
under Marcos’ orders.
A comrade’s death
The Execution
This story is written by Charlson Ong Has won prizes for his fiction stories.
This story talk about freedom
and justice during the Martial
Law.
Charlson L. Ong , resident fellow of the Institute of Creative Writing and fictionist/scriptwriter/singer extraordinaire, was born on July 6, 1960.
Voice Tape reflects on the
two-sided (external and
internal) effects of a
father’s separation to
his family.
The story is
a
contemporary
fiction se
t
during th
e
advent of
Filipino worke
rs
migration
abroad.
A prize
winning
short story
of Filipino
author,
Wilfredo Pa.
Virtusio.
Voice Tape
Geyluv, or Gay Love, in
English touches sensitive
socio-political
issues that are far beyond
literature.
Geyluv (1991):
Honorio
Bartolome De
Dios Geyluv is a
story about two
men with a
different sexual
orientation.
Benjie, a gay man
falls in love with
his close straight
friend mike.
Geyluv tells the odd love story
between Mike, an attractive Manila-based journalist, and Benjie, a gay project director of
a non government
organization.
Geylav
KABILANG SA MGA
NAWAWALA
Ricardo Lee is a Filipino writer. He has
written more than 150 film scripts since
1973, earning him more than 50
trophies from various
award-giving bodies.
This story talks about
people, children etc. Who is lost,
and their families are
finding them,
wanting to have justice.
One of the
character state that
(Jun2x) said to
Gene that they will not stop
until they didn’t find
the people
that was lost.
The story is a treasure of trove historical and
literary allusions.
This story sh
ow
the woman
fighting back
against social
male
oppression.
Ang pinakahuling kwento ni Huli
In this story, Huli refuse to surrender to
the structures of power by joining the armed struggle.
Lilia Guindoza Santigo
ni
Liham ni Pinay mula sa Brunei
Also in the poem, we can see
what OFWs feel when they are far from
their loved ones. They want to go back but then stay thinking
that they are
doing this for their
loved ones.
This story tells that
freedom is done
by yourself
.
The poem isn't just about
working abroad but also about the issue of inequality in the society.
It is very much often that women are less appreciated.
Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo (born March 30, 1949)
ni
GAga
Maria Josephine Barrios, popularly
known as Joi Barrios, is a poet, activist,
scriptwriter, actress, translator and teacher.
Born in 1962
This poem is telling that “To Be a
Woman is to Live at a Time of War.”
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary
evidence.
GAHASAni Joi Barrios
sThe way we live
The message of the poem, the way we live, by Danton Remote would be to show people the different cultures and societies in today's world and how they function.
We live in a time when every day brings ample evidence of the disposability of
human life.
Danton R. Remoto was born on March 25, 1963 a Filipino
writer.
CONVERSATIONSDanton R.
Remoto (born March 25, 1963)
is a Filipino writer, essayist, reporter, editor, columnist, and
professor. Remoto was a
first prize recipient at the ASEAN Letter-
Writing Contest for Young People.
This poem talks about
conversationas the beginning
of love.
In a relationship there is always trials and hindrances that would try to break the tie but the true and strong relationship still remains.
Marjorie Evasco is one of the earliest
Filipina feminist poets.
The dominant image of the poem is that
Evasco visualizes the lot of women as being like the
women who accompany a
caravan (a trading trek of Arabic
nomads - often across the Sahara).
The
cara
van
has
its 'b
usin
ess'
to d
o
(men
's wor
k); b
ut
natu
rally
the
women
supp
ly th
e
nurtu
ring
func
tions
of c
arin
g
for t
he ch
ildre
n
and
brin
ging
the
water
Caravan of the Water bears
Marjorie Evasco is a poet
primarily famous for her feminist stance.
In this poem she says how much she dislikes men.
Maria de Las FloresMarjorie
Evasco is an award-
winning Filipino poet,
born in Maribojoc, Bohol on
September 21, 1953. She writes in two languages: English and
Cebuano-Visayan
and is a supporter of
women's rights,
especially of women writers.
The poem talks
about the little
children who
experienced
hardships in life
because they don’t
have proper family care.
See how much our mothers
loved their
children that they still cared for their children with the absence of their husband
Regla sa Buwan ng HunyoRuth Elynia S. Mabanglo (born March 30,
1949) is a professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of
Hawaii at Manoa
The poem is trying to say that sex is a gift from God intended for married
couple and that it needs to be respected.
The poem reflects one of the common problems in the world (pre- marital sex). Life begins at fertilization, when a sperm
unites with an oocyte or egg cell.
Sources
• www. Google.com
• Philippine Literature Textbook
Thank you