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

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