5. CONTENTS
Noble Works Short Stories
in English
The New
Filipino Literature
in this Period
Period of Activism
6. THE STATE OF LITERATURE DURING THIS PERIOD
The Americans returned in 1945. Filipinos rejoiced and
guerillas who fled to the mountain joined the liberating
American Army. On July 4, 1946, the Philippines regained
is freedom and the Filipino flag waved joyously alone. The
chains were broken.
The early post-liberation period was marked by a kind of
“struggle of mind and spirit” posed by the sudden
emancipation from the enemy, and the wild desire to see
print.
7. THE STATE OF LITERATURE DURING THIS PERIOD
The Americans returned in 1945. Filipinos rejoiced and
guerillas who fled to the mountain joined the liberating
American Army. On July 4, 1946, the Philippines regained
is freedom and the Filipino flag waved joyously alone. The
chains were broken.
The early post-liberation period was marked by a kind of
“struggle of mind and spirit” posed by the sudden
emancipation from the enemy, and the wild desire to see
print.
8. THE STATE OF LITERATURE DURING THIS PERIOD
Filipinos had, by this time, learned to express
themselves more confidently but post-war problems
beyond language and print-like economic stability, the
threat of new ideas and mortality – had to be grappled
with side by side.
There was a proliferation of newspapers like the FREE
PRESS, MORNING SUN, of Sergio Osmeña Sr., DAILY MIRROR
of Joaquin Roces, EVENING NEWS of Ramon Lopezes and
the BULLETIN of Menzi. This only proved that there were
more readers in English than in any ocher vernaculars
like Tagalog, Ilocano or Hiligaynon.
9. Some of the writers and their works of the periods
are:
• THE VOICE OF THE VETERAN – a compilation of the best works of
some Ex-USAFFE men like Amante Bigornia, Roman de la Cruz,
Ramon de Jesus and J.F. Rodriguez.
• TWILIGHT IN TOKYO and PASSION and DEATH OF THE USAFFE by Leon
Ma. Guerrero FOR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY – by S.P. Lopez.
• BETRAYAL IN THE PHILIPPINES – by Hernando.
• SEVEN HILLS AWAY – by NVM Gonzales
POETRY IN ENGLISH DURING THIS PERIOD
For the first twenty years, many books were
published…both in Filipino and in English. Among the writers
during this time were: Fred Ruiz Castro, Dominador I. Ilio, and C.B.
Rigor.
