REPRESENTATIVE TEXTS
21ST LITERATURE
(Lecture)
(STEM) (L- ) | PROF. Ceejay Malla
Representative Texts and Authors from the A TASTE OF CREATIVE NONFICTIOM
REGIONS
VISAYAS
The country’s rich repertoire of literary
masterpieces may be rooted in the diverse cultural The island of Visayas is one of the major
heritage of the Filipino people. They have produced geographical divisions in the Philippines, the
varied texts because of differences. The mighty roar other two being Luzon and Mindanao. It is
of the North and the fiery temperament of the South divided into Western, Central, and Eastern
blended well. The Filipinos speak of the collective Visayas
experiences of the people who have gone through The Visayas region is comprised of several
difficulties, triumphs, struggles, successes, armed islands circling the Visayan Sea. Its people,
conflicts, bloodless revolutions, and others. It is the therefore, share a seabased culture and
reason why these masterpieces resonated loud and tradition that may be rooted in a strong
clear in the Philippine Archipelago. religious foundation.
The dwelling place of many festivals such as
A TASTE OF PHILIPPINE POETRY the Ati-Atihan, Dinagyang, Sinulo,
Pintados, and Maskara, the Visayas may
LUZON
indeed be considered one of the cradles of
Philippine civilization
Located in northwest Luzon, the Ilocos Region,
or Region 1, comprises four provinces: Ilocos
Doctrina Christiana
Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, and Pangasinan. It
It was an early book of Roman Catholic
is bordered to the west by the turbulent South
Catechism, written in 1593 by Fray Juan
China Sea, to the east by the Cordillera de Plasencia, and is believed to be one of
Administrative Region, by Cagayan Valley, and the earliest books printed in the
South by Central Luzon. Philippines.
Most of the inhabitants of the Ilocano homeland
are concentrated along a narrow coastal plain. ILOCOS REGION – Francisco Lopez
Because of geographical boundaries, these
people often experience heavy rains and
In fact, the earliest known written
violent typhoons, especially during rainy
seasons.
Iloko poems were the romances
Gabu depicts a coastline in Ilocos that is he translated from Spanish.
constantly experiencing the battering An Augustinian friar who in 1621,
restlessness of the sea. The water that comes published his own Iloko
back to the shore seems furious and ruthless translation of the Doctrina
with its daylong bashing, which havocs the Christiana, the first book to be
wasteland. Being an archipelagic country, the printed in Iloko .
Philippines knows the importance of the water
and the sea ILOCOS REGION – Leona Florentino
A TASTE OF TAGALOG ESSAY Considered by some as the
“National Poetess of the
More popularly known now as the
Philippines” wrote Nalpay a
CALABARZON referring to the provinces of
Namnama o Naunsyaming Pagasa
Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon,
(Blasted Hope)
Region IV-A is home to Tagalogspeaking
people in the Philippines.
A Filipino poet in the Spanish and
Recognized all over the country for their Ilocano languages. She is
bravery and fearlessness in battles, considered the “mother of
CALABARZON has participated actively in the Philippine women’s literature” and
country’s fight for freedom and democracy. the “bridge from oral to literary
It is home to many Philippine heroes, and tradition
among them is Rizal of Laguna, Mabini of
Batangas, and Aguinaldo of Cavite.
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REPRESENTATIVE TEXTS
21ST LITERATURE
(Lecture)
(STEM) (L- ) | PROF. Ceejay Malla
ILOCOS REGION – Perdro Bucaney
He was a Filipino poet who had REGION 6 – Western Visayas Lit.
been blind since birth and the
“Father of Ilocano literature.” Also called the PANAYANON
He is the acknowledged author of LITERATURE; known for
the Ilocano epic Biag -ni - Lam - “Tungkung Langit and Alunsina ”
Ang The paktakon is a riddle while
hurubaton is a proverb
REGION 2 – Ines Taccad Cammayo
REGION 7 – Vicente Sotton
First prize for “People of
Consequence”, Don Carlos The Father of Cebuano Literature.
Palanca Memorial Awards for He wrote the first written Cebuano
Literature, 1970 literature, “Maming”.
Second prize for “Tears,
Melancholy”, Focus literary REGION 8 – Clodualdo del Mundo
contest, 1979
Second prize for “On Friends, You The Father of Cebuano Literature.
Pin Such Hopes”, Don Carlos
Palanca Memorial Awards for NCR – Short Stories and Poems
Literature, 1973
“Magnificence” by Estrella Alfon
REGION 2 – Fernando Maramay “Footnote to Youth” by Jose Garcia
Villa
An excellent poet and journalist in Nick Joaquin wrote the poems
English. He had a rich style and a “Happy Never After” and “The
deep understanding of human Martyr”
nature.
He wrote the poem “The Rural
Maid”.
REGION 3 – Anicio Pascual
He wrote “Juan Manalaksan ”
He is from Arayat Pampanga, who
heard the story from an old
Pampangan woman.
REGION 4 – Reyes and Rizal
Manuel Reyes, from Rizal,
narrated “Suan Eket”.
Jose Rizal wrote “Legend of Maria
Makiling” aside from Noli Me
Tangere and El Filibusterismo
REGION 5 – Mariano Perfecto
“Father of Bikol Literature”
He published the first Bikol
newspaper, Ang Parabareta (The
Newsman)
