Literature Under US Colonialism Flashcards
(25 cards)
Spain ceded control of the country to the
United States for 20 million dollars in the
Treaty of Paris in 1898
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
The institutionalization of the public education
system in 1901
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
English as the medium of instruction
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
Writers continued to write in Spanish, Tagalog,
and other regional languages
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
Appearance of newspapers and magazines
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
Appearance of newspapers and magazines
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
Appearance of newspapers and magazines
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
Appearance of newspapers and magazines
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
First teachers before Thomasites
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
Soldiers
A treaty signed by Spain and The US on
December 10, 1898
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
Treaty Of Paris
Ended the Spanish-American War.
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
Treaty Of Paris
Spain relinquished all claim of sovereignty
over and title to Cuba and also ceded Puerto
Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United
States.
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
Treaty Of Paris
1
Writers during this time are still trying to learn
the new language brought by the American
colonizers.
American Colonial Period Three Time Frames
The Period Of Re-Orientation (1898-1910)
2
Writers were still emulating the style and mode of writing of writers coming from the
Anglo-American tradition.
American Colonial Period Three Time Frames
The Period Of Imitation (1910-1925)
3
Writers used the English language as if it was
their own native language.
American Colonial Period Three Time Frames
The Period Of Self-Discovery (1925-1941)
**PERIOD OF SELF-DISCOVERY*
paved the beginning of this period
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
Dead Stars (1925) by Paz Marquez Benitez
**The Period Of Imitation*
First Filipino Novel In English:
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)
A Child of
Sorrow (1921) by Zoilo Galang
Author of Ang Pangginggera (1912)
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)
Lope K. Santos
A novel in verse about a young married woman drawn to panggingge in order to overcome her grief caused her son’s death. (Lumbera 19)
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)
Lope K. Santos
A very popular Tagalog lyric poet.
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)
Jose Corazon De Jesus (Huseng Batute)
His poem “Sa Dakong Silangan (1928)” used
the form of the awit
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)
Jose Corazon De Jesus (Huseng Batute)
Retold the history of the Philippines from the
Spanish colonial period until the arrival of the
American colonizers (Lumbera 91)
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)
Jose Corazon De Jesus (Huseng Batute)
His first volume of poems Many Voices (1939)
showed his espousal for art that was free from
any ties of society. (Lumbera 19) He advocated
“Art For Art’s Sake”.
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)
Jose Garcia Villa
Wrote the zarzuela “Walang Sugat (1902)”
Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)
Severino Reyes
