GOOD DAY

EVERYONE
REPRESENTATIVE
TEXTS AND
AUTHORS FROM
EACH REGIONS
 REGION 1: ILOCOS REGION
• Its literature is known as one of the
most colorful regional Filipino
literatures.
• Prior to Spanish Colonial Period,
the Ilocano literature is purely
alive in form of written and oral
literature. Ancient poets
expressed themselves through
folk and war song.
FATHER OF ILOCANO
LITERATURE
 PEDRO BUCANEG
(BUKANEG)
• March 1592 died circa 1630
• Acknowledged of the epic “Biag ni
Lam-ang”. He considered as the father
of the Ilocano literature.
• Bucaneg was a foundling, who shortly
after his birth already floating in a
basket between Bantay and Vigan was
found an old woman.
• Brought to Bantay Agustiner priest who
Baptist him as Pedro Bucaneg (Bukaneg).
• Bucaneg was blind since birth but he was
grew up a smart and talented.
• Took lessons in Latin and Spanish and also
learned the Local language and Ilocano
Isneg.
• He know to translate prayers and sermons in local
language
• Although bucaneg was he dictated the text of his
poems songs and translations as someone wrote it
down.
• 1621, the Ilocano translation was printed in the
Augustinian convent in Manila.
• Arte de Lengua Iloca, this grammar book, co-
authored with Fr. Francisco Lopez.
MOTHER OF PH
WOMEN'S
LITERATURE
 LEONORA FLORENTINO (LEONA
JOSEFA FLORENTINO)
• April 19, 1849 – October 4, 1894
• Poet Ilocano and Spanish
• She is a Novelist, Political Writer, and
Journalist
• At the age of 10, she can write poems in
Ilocano and speak well in Spanish.
• She wasn’t allowed to study due to her
gender
• Fr. Francisco Abaya flourished her Spanish skill
and help her nice voice out her thoughts in poems.
• Married a politician Elias de los Reyes at the age of
14 together had 5 children.
• They lived alone in exile and separated family.
• She died at the age of 35.
 WORKS

• Rucronoy (Dedication)
• Naangaway a Cablaw (Good Greetings)
• Nalpay a Namnama (Vanishing Hopes)
• Benigma, Para Ken Carmen , Panay Pacada
(Farewell)
NALPAY NA NAMNAMA (NAUNSYAMING PAG-ASA)
TAGALOG TRANSLATION BY: LILIA QUINDOZA SANTIAGO
Ay, kapalaran, tunay namang anong saklap
Ang bunga’t kasasadlakan nitong paglingap,

Sapagkat pinagkaitan mo itong lubos na umasa

Ng kaligayaha’t luwalhating sa iyo nagmumula.
Sapagkat di humuhupa ang pagtangis,

ang puso ko nama’y patuloy na humikbi;

dahil sa iyo, o pag-ibig na napariwara,
nagkaroon ako ng labis labis na pasakit.
Pakatandaan mong lagi itong pighati.
Na buong hirap na pinapasan ng puso.
Pagkat tila nauupos nang hinigna ang damdamin
 Sa kasawiang idinulot ng iyong paglayo.
Anong awa ang para sa aking naiwan

Sa di inaasahang pagkakahiwalay;
Ang pagkalingang aking nakamihasnan
Ngayo’y lubuslubusan nang mapaparam.

Aasa pa ba ako ng pag-irog

Ngayong narito na nag pag ka bigo?
Hindi ko kailan man inasam o inasahan

Na ang pag-ibig ko’y sa ganito maigugupo.

Parang kulam na makamandag
Ang nalagak sa pusong nawalan ng pintig.
Hala, P, siya... siya, kung iibig mong tunay
Sa kalupitan mo na lamang ako mabubuhay.
FATHER OF FILIPINO SOCIALISM
 ISABELO DELOS
REYES
• July 4, 1864 – October 10, 1938
• Also known as Don Belong
• Prominent Politician,Writer, Labor Activist.
• Originally founder of Aglipayan church
independent Christian Protestant church in
the catholic tradition.
• Due to his anti catholic writing he there
forgot the meaning
• Pope Leo XIII formally excommunicated, Reyes in
1903 as an apostate.
• He followed his mother’s footsteps by initially
turning to writing as a career.
• Won an award at the age of 23 his first written
book
• Become a journalist , editor, publisher in Manila
• Imprisoned in 1897 for revolutionary activities
• Deported in Spain jailed until 1898
• He got influences by writing of European
socialist and Marxists.
• Returning to Philippines in 1901 founded
the first Labor Union in the Country
• Also active seeking Independence from
the US
• After serving the Philippines in the 1920s
settled into private life and religious
writings
• Have 27 children and 3 successive wives
 WORKS
• Mariquit the tramps (Bomba story)
• Sing sing ni Diego (horror story)
• Biblia Filipina (Philippine bible)
• Oficio Divino
• Catequesis (Atechism)
• Plagerias (Prayers)
• Genesis Genitifico y Moderno
• Ang sing sing ng Dalagang Marmol (1905 novel)
• Calendario Aglipayano
 CARLOS BULOSAN
• November 24, 1913 – September 11, 1956
• Born to Ilocano parents in the Philippine in
Binalonan, Pangasinan
• Most of his youth was spent in the country side as
a farmer.
• His hometown is the starting point of his famous
semi-autobiographical novel “America is in the
Hearth”
• Left from America on July 22, 1930 at the age of 17.
• Upon arriving in Seattle, he met with someone and was
forced to work in a low paying job
• He worked as a farm worker, harvesting grapes and
asparagus, and doing other types of hard work in the
fields of California.
• He also worked as a dishwasher with his brother in the
famous Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo
 WORKS
• America is in the Hearth
• The Laughter of my Father
• The Cry and The Dedication
• My Father’s Tragedy
• The Romance of Magno Rubio
• If you want to know what we are
 F. SIONIL JOSE
• December 3, 1924
• Born in Rosales, Pangasinan the setting of
his many stories
• Ilocano descent whose family had migrated
to Pangasinan to flee from poverty
• His influences: his mother and Jose Rizal
• Critically acclaimed Filipino Internationally
yet understand in his own country
 AWARDS
• Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature: his short stories “The God
Stealer in” (1959, 1979, 1980, 1981)
• Waywaya in (1979)
• Pablo Neruda Centennial Award (2004)
Philippine National Artist for Literature (2001)
• Chevalier dans I’ordre des Arts et Lettres (2000)
• Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts (1980)
• City of Manila Award for Literature (1979)
• Attended UST after WW2 but dropped out and plunged into writing and
journalism in Manila
• Edited various literary and journalistic publications; started a publishing
house and founded the Philippine branch of PEN, an intr’l organization for
writers.
• His writings talk about social justice and change the lives of average Filipino
families.
• Inspired him to make the five volume novels: Rosales Saga.
• Is one of the most widely read Filipino writers in the English Language . His
novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles
and colonialism of Filipino society.
• Jose’s works written in English have been translated
into 22 language is including Korea, Indonesian,
Russian and Dutch.
• Owns a bookshop that sells hard to find Filipiniana
reading materials.
• ‘Why are we Shallow’ Hindsight, The Philippines
Star September 12, 2011
FATHER OF PAMPANGUEÑO LITERATURE
 JUAN CRISOSTOMO SOTO
• January 27, 1867 – July 12, 1918
• Born in Bacolor, Pampanga
• Exquisite in Crisostan (Balagtasan)
in Pampangas local dialect.
• A poet, Play Wright and editor
• Wrote Moro-Moro and Sarsuela
 WORKS
• Pukla’t puti
• Romeo and Juliet from Shakespeare
• Sigalot – considered the best and written in jail
• Wrote an English – Spanish – Pampanga dictionary with
Modesto Joaquin
 ANGELA MARIE MANALANG
• August 24, 1907 died in 1995 at the age of 88
• Born in Guagua, Pampanga
• Settled in Bicol Region in Albay
• During her Senior Year, she moved to St.
Scholastic’s College in Malate, Manila where
her writing started to get noticed
• Was among the first General Female student
of the UP.
• Was the author of Revolt from Hyemen, a poem
protesting against material rape which caused her
denial by an all-male jury from winning the
Philippines Commonwealth Literary Awards in 1940
• Poems, a poem collection published 1940 and was
revised in 1950
 QUESTIONS
1. What is Region 1 known ?
2. Who are the local Filipino Authors base on our PowerPoint
Presentation?
3. On what Period does the Ilocano literature is purely a live in?
4. On what way does the Ancient poets expressed themselves?
5. Pedro Bucaneg is considered as the ____________?
 Leonora Florentino ( Leona Josefa Florentino) is a
6.

___________, _________, _________,?

7.Isabela delos Reyes is also known as ____________?
8.What is the most famous work of Carlos Bulosan?
9.Who is the Father of Pampangueno
10. Angela Marie Manalang is the?
THANK-YOU