Literature After

1986

Periods of Philippine Literature:

EDSA

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https://www.qzzr.com/c/quiz/181572/eaf88584-2692-4afd-bc3d-2887a46b8c14

Martial Lawcirca 1972

• Initiated a regime that suppressed the writer’s right to free expression

• Created conditions that made collaboration and cooptation convenient choices for artists struggling for recognition and survival

Freedom Suppressed

• Writing under the Martial Law Regime was characterized by militancy even when it showed in the legal press.

circa 1986• The year 1986 demarcates the

beginning of a new scene in the unfolding narrative of Philippine contemporary literature.

• It saw the fall of the the dictatorship that the former President Ferdinand Marcos set up on September 21, 1972 when he placed the Philippines under Martial Law.

FREE AGAIN!• With the ousting of Marcos from

power, came the rebirth of free speech and expression.

• Democracy paved the way for a new kind of national sentiment:

THE FILIPINO WOMEN’S MOVEMENT

Literature After EDSA, 1986

Characteristics

1. Post-EDSA publishing has been marked by adventurousness, a willingness to gamble on non-traditional projects.

2. A recuperation of writing in Philippine languages other than Tagalog.

The Rise of Women3. Feminist sentiments also flourished in Philippine contemporary art and literature.

Many women’s organizations either started or were revived during the 1980s, and women’s issues were discussed and led by a more empowered women’s movement.

Women, Empowered• The EDSA period was a subtle

turning point for the feminist movement.

• People usually look up to accessible female icons for feminist organizations. Back in the 1980s, the most prominent and accessible icon was President Corazon Aquino.

Jessica ZafraJessica is a three-time Palanca Award winner.

Her first collection of short stories, Manananggal Terrorizes Manila, was published by Anvil in 1992.

She has also hosted tv and radio shows.

She is the author of the "Twisted" books, The Word Eaters and 500 People You Meet In Hell.

Excerpts from I’d Date Me by Jessica Zafra

"Repeat after me: "I am a goddess. I am a goddess. I am a goddess." Make this your mantra. From constant repetition you will start believing it, and if you yourself are convinced of your goddesshood, other people will be convinced."

Excerpts from I’d Date Me by Jessica Zafra

"Being good does make a difference. You will not receive praise or payment for it, and other people will mistake your goodness for weakness, but it resonates among people you won't even meet.”

Excerpts from I’d Date Me by Jessica Zafra

”I’d rather be a b*tch than a doormat.”

Writing Time!

Writing a Persuasive Essay • Now that you are familiar with post-EDSA 1986 literature and the influence of the

emergence of the Filipino Women’s Movement on it, you have to demonstrate a clear understanding of the importance of empowering women in building a globally competent nation by writing a persuasive speech addressed to the youth.

• In preparing your speech, use the outline provided by your teacher as guide (O.R.E.O.)

• The speech must contain imperatives, prepositions, verbs, and wh-questions.

• The length of this speech must not be less than 1, 000 words and must not exceed 2, 000 words. This is to test how much you have understood the required reading on the topic by integrating it with current social issues in the Philippines, and how competent you are in public speaking.