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    This document summarizes literature in the Philippines from 1960 to 1999. During this modern period, martial law suppressed writers from addressing delicate subjects. As a result, writers used symbolism and allegory. Theater was also used as a vehicle for protest. Notable works included Lualhati Bautista's "Dekada 70" about life under martial law, F.S. Jose's "Rosales Saga", and Francisco Arcellana's "The Flowers of May". The government also revived traditional plays and dramas.

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    This document summarizes literature in the Philippines from 1960 to 1999. During this modern period, martial law suppressed writers from addressing delicate subjects. As a result, writers used symbolism and allegory. Theater was also used as a vehicle for protest. Notable works included Lualhati Bautista's "Dekada 70" about life under martial law, F.S. Jose's "Rosales Saga", and Francisco Arcellana's "The Flowers of May". The government also revived traditional plays and dramas.

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    This document summarizes literature in the Philippines from 1960 to 1999. During this modern period, martial law suppressed writers from addressing delicate subjects. As a result, writers used symbolism and allegory. Theater was also used as a vehicle for protest. Notable works included Lualhati Bautista's "Dekada 70" about life under martial law, F.S. Jose's "Rosales Saga", and Francisco Arcellana's "The Flowers of May". The government also revived traditional plays and dramas.

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    This document summarizes literature in the Philippines from 1960 to 1999. During this modern period, martial law suppressed writers from addressing delicate subjects. As a result, writers used symbolism and allegory. Theater was also used as a vehicle for protest. Notable works included Lualhati Bautista's "Dekada 70" about life under martial law, F.S. Jose's "Rosales Saga", and Francisco Arcellana's "The Flowers of May". The government also revived traditional plays and dramas.

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    MODERN PERIOD

    (1960~1999)
    CHARACTERISTICS
    1.The declaration of Martial law repressed Filipino writers to write
    delicate subject matters, particularly about prevailing crisis during
    the period

    2. Writers used symbolisms and allegories to drive home their message.

    3. Theater was used as a vehicle for protest such as the PETA and
    UP Theater.
    4.Campus newspapers showed rebellious
    emotions
    5.Billingual education was intiated in public
    and private school
    6.From 80's onward, writers continued the
    dynamism and innovation
    LITERATURE
    1.The irreverence for the poor reached it's peak during
    this period
    2.The Carlos Palanca Awards continued to give annual
    awards to literary masterpieces

    3. Almost all themes in most writing dealt with the


    development of progress of the country.
    4.Themes of most poems dealt with
    patience, regard for native culture,
    customs, and the beauties of nature and
    surroundings
    example;

    “Ang Bayan ko” was a song popularized in this


    period. In this period, poems dealt with patience,
    regard for native culture, customs, and the beauties
    of nature and surroundings. This period presented
    new trends in writing using modern technology.
    5. The government led in reviving old plays and
    dramas.
    like the Tagalog Zarzuela, Cenaculo and
    the Embayoka of the Muslims which were
    presented in the rebuilt Metropolitan
    Theater, the Folk Arts Theater and the
    Cultural Center of the Philippines.
    NOTABLE WORKS
    1. Dekada 70 by Lualhati Bautista which focuses on
    the life of Filipinos during the Martial law regime

    2.The Rosales Saga by F.Sionil Jose

    3.The flowers of May by Francisco Arcellana


    The award-winning “Dekada '70” is a Filipino-
    written fiction novel published in 1983. It centers
    on a middle-class family trapped in the midst of
    one of the darkest periods in the Philippine
    history, the 1970s when the late dictator and
    president Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law
    in the Philippines.
    THAT'S ALL
    THANKYOU!

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