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1. PERIOD OF THE NEW
SOCIETY
(1972-1980)

2. CONTENTS
• Historical Background
• Filipino Poetry
• The Play
• Radio and Television
• Filipino Films
• Comics, Magazines, and Other Publications
• Palanca Awardees
• An Overview of the Literature

4. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
September 21, 1972 – The period of the New Society
started.
>The New Society tried to stop pornography or those
writings giving bad influences on the morals of
people.
Ministry of Public Affairs – Established by the military
gov’t to supervise the newspapers, books & other
publications.

5. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
OLD PLAYS REVIVED BY THE GOV’T:
1. Cenaculo
2. The Zarzuela
3. The Embayoka of the Muslims
THEATERS BUILT:
1. Cultural Center of the Philippines
2. The folk Arts Theater
3. Metropolitan Theater (was rebuilt)

6. CULTURAL CENTER OF THE
PHILIPPINES

7. FOLK ARTS THEATER

8. METROPOLITAN THEATER

9. • KISLAP &
• LIWAYWAY
- Became
Outlets for
Writers to
Publish
Many of
Their works

10. A. FILIPINO POETRY
• Slogans of the New Society:
1. Sa ikauunald ng bayan, Disiplina ang kailangan
2. Tayo’y kumain ng gulay, upang humaba ang
buhay
3. Magplano ng pamilya nang ang buhay ay
lumigaya
4. Ang pagsunod sa magulang, tanda ng anak na
magalang
5. Tayo’y magtanim upang mabuhay
6. Tayo’y magbigayan at huwag magsiksikan

11. A. FILIPINO POETRY
Themes of poems:
● Patience
● Native Culture
● Customs
● Beauties of Nature and
Surroundings
Those who wrote poetry
during this period were:
1. Ponciano Pineda
2. Aniceto Silvestre
3. Jose Garcia Revelo
4. Bienvenido Ramos
5. Vicente Dimasalang
6. Cir Lopez Francisco
7. Pelagio Sulit Cruz

12. A. FILIPINO POETRY
• Some of the composers:
Freddie Aguilar, Jose Mari Chan & Tito, Vic & Joey
-added their bit in this period

13. B. THE PLAY
The following organizations contributed a lot to the
development of plays during this period:
1. PETA of Cecille Guidote and Lino Brocka
2. Repertory Philippines of Rebecca Godines and
Zennida Amador
3. UP Repertory of Behn Cervantes
4. Teatro Filipina of Rolando Tinio

14. C. RADIO AND TELEVISION
Play Series
1. Si Matar
2. Dahilan
3. Ito and Palad Ko
4. Mr. Lonely
Popular Television Plays
1. Gulong ng Plad
2. Flor De Luna
3. Anna Liza
4. Superman and Tarzan

15. C. RADIO AND TELEVISION
• Gulong Ng Palad • Flor De Luna

16. C. RADIO AND TELEVISION
• the cast of AnnaLiza

17. D. FILLIPINO FILMS
Yearly Pista ng mga Pelikulang Pilipino
● Only Filipino films were shown in all theaters in
Metro Manila.
● Prizes and trophies were awarded at the end of
festival in recognition of excellence in film making
and role performance

18. D. FILLIPINO FILMS
● New kinds of films without sex or romance started
to made but which were nevertheless well-
received by the public:
1. Maynila-Sa Kuko ng Liwanag by Edgardo Reyes
2. Minsa’y Isang Gamu-Gamo: Nora Aunor
3. Ganito Kami Noon… Paano Kayo Ngayon:
Christopher de Leon & Gloria Diaz
4. Insiang by Hilda Koronel
5. Aguila: Fernando Poe, Jr., Jay Ilagan, & Christopher
de Leon

19. MAYNILA-SA MGA KUKO NG LIWANAG

22. E. COMICS, MAGAZINES, AND
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
The leading papers during this period were:
1. Bulletin Today
2. Times Journal
3. Balita
4.Pilipino Express
5. Philippine Daily Express
6. Evening Post
7. Evening Express

25. E. COMICS, MAGAZINES, AND OTHER
PUBLICATIONS
Old-Time Favorite magazines:
1. 1. Liwayway (since 1920)
2. 2. Kislap
3. 3. Bulaklak
4. 4. Lovelife
5. 5. Extra Hot
6. 6. Jingle Sensation

28. E. COMICS, MAGAZINES, AND
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
COMICS enjoyed by the Masses:
1. 1. Pilipino
2. 2. Extra
3. 3. Lovelife
4. 4. Hiwaga
5. 5. Klasik
6. 6. Espesyal

32. E. PALANCA AWARDEES

33. SHORT STORY CATEGORY
1972-73
• 1st Prize – “Spots on their
wings & other stories”-
Antonio Enriquez
• 2nd Prize – “On friends you pin
such hopes”-Ines Taccad
Camayo
• 3rd Prize – “The Liberation of
Mrs Fidela Magsilang”-Jaime
A. Lim
1973-74
• 1st Prize – “The cries of
children on an April
afternoon in the year 1957”-
Gregorio C. Brillantes
• 2nd Prize – “The White Dress”-
Estrella D. Alfon
• 3rd Prize – “Tell me who cleft
the devils foot”-Luning
Bonifacio Ira
• Honorable Mention –
“Scoring”-Joy T. Dayrit

34. SHORT STORY CATEGORY
1974-75
• 1st Prize – co-winners
1. “The day of the locusts”-
Leoncio P. Deriada
2. “Romance & Faith on Mt.
Banahaw”-Alfred A. Yuson
• 2nd Prize – co-winners
1. “The man who made a
covenant w/ the wind”-
Cirilo F. Bautista
2. “Once upon a cruise:
Generations & other
Landscapes”-Luning
Bonifacio Ira
3. “Agcalan Point” – Jose Y.
Dalisay, Jr.
• 3rd Prize – co-winners
1. “The dog eaters”-Leoncio
P. Deriada
2. “The People’s Prison”-
Mauro R. Avena
3. “Discovery” – Dr. Porfirio F.
Villarin, Jr.
4. “A summer goodbye”-
Linda Ledesma & Benjamin
Bautista

35. PLAY CATEGORY
1972-73
• 1st Prize – “The heart of
emptiness is black”-Ricardo
Demetillo
• 2nd Prize – “Go Rider!”-
Azucena Crajo Uranza
• 3rd Prize – “The Ricebird has
brown wings”-Frederico Licsi
Espino, Jr.
1973-74
• 1st Prize – (no award)
• 2nd Prize – “Aftercafe”-Juan
H. Alegre
• 3rd Prize – “Dulce Extranjera”-
Wilfredo D. Nolledo

36. PLAY CATEGORY
1974-75
• 1st Prize – “A life In the slums”-Rolando S. Tinio
• 2nd Prize – “Password”-Paul Stephen Lim
• 3rd Prize – “The minerva foundation”-Maidan Flores

37. POETRY CATEGORY
1972-73
• 1st Prize – “Charts”-Cirilio F.
Bautista
• 2nd Prize – “A trick of mirrors”-
Rolando S. Tinio
• 3rd Prize – “Alapaap’s
Mountain”-Erwin E. Castillo
1973-74
• 1st Prize – co-winners
1. “Montage”-Ophelia A.
Dimalanta
2. “Identities”-Artemio
Tadena
• 2nd Prize – co-winners
1. “Boxes”-Ricardo de Ungria
2. “Glass of liquid truths”-
Gilbert A. Luis Centina III
• 3rd Prize – co-winners
1. “A liege of datus & other
poems” – Jose N. Carreon
2. “Rituals & Metaphors”-
Celestino M. Vega

38. POETRY CATEGORY
1974-75
• 1st Prize – “Telex Moon”-Cirilo F. Bautista
• 2nd Prize – “ADARNA: 6 poems from a larger corpus”-
Wilfredo Pascua Sanchez
• 3rd Prize – “The city & thread of light”-Ricardo
Demetillo

39. REPUBLIC CULTURAL HERITAGE AWARDEES
(1960-1971)
National Artists
1973
Amado V. Hernandez
(Literature)
Jose Garcia Villa (Literature)
Francisco Reyes Aquino
(Dance)
Carlos V. Francisco (Painting)
Antonio J. Molina (Music)
Guillermo Tolentino (Sculpture)
National Artists
1974
Nick Joaquin (Literature)
Napoleon V. Abueva
(Sculpture)
Pablo Antonio (Architecture)
Lamberto V. Avellana (Movies)
Victorio G. Edades (Painting)
Jovita Fuentes (Music)

40. F. AN OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
• Bilingual education
Initiated by the board of National Education (1958)
The focus of education & culture was on problems of
national identity, on re-orientation, renewed vigor &
a firm resolves to carry out plans & programs

41. F. AN OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
• Some books that came out during this period:
1. I married a newspaperman (essay) by Maria Luna
Lopez, 1976
2. The Modern Filipino Short story by Patricia
Melendrez Cruz, 1980
3. Cross Currents in Afro-Asian Literature by Rustica D.
Carpio, 1976
4. Brief time to love by Ofelia F. Limcaco
5. Medium Rare & tell the people (feature articles &
TV program) by Julie Yap Daza