This document discusses Philippine literature during the period of U.S. colonialism. It references poems and novelists from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that expressed desires for Philippine independence and criticized American imperialism. The works highlighted address themes of the Philippines being culturally Americanized under U.S. rule and the country one day cutting ties with its colonial puppeteer, the United States.

1. PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
UNDER U.S COLONIALISM
Aldren
L.
Doquina
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5. To the
Yankee
Our culture has been Americanized
that’s why it’s hard to remove their
colonial vestige in the Philippines.
But there will come a time when our
puppet country will cut it’s string start
acting on its’ own from the puppeteer
United States
Cecilio
Apostol
(1877-1938)
recognized
as one of the
greatest
Filipino poets
in Spanish,
was born in
Santa Cruz,
Manila
In this poem,
the poet
attacks the
American
imperialism.
Throughout our
country's’
modern history,
we have been
under the clout
of the United
States of
America

6. Faustino
Aguilar (1907)
The poem is all about
the dicriminating
choice of subtatiating
details, the complex
character of portraits
and the rich
symbolism all indicate
the intellegence and
sensitivity of a
superior Novelist
This poems
revolves around
the rich girl
Danding whose
love for a factory
clrk had to give
way to her parents
wish to marry her
off to the business
magnate Rojalde
who would pull the
family out of
certain
bankcruptcy.

8. The tagalog
poetry is to
express the
Filipino
desires for
independence
day during the
American
occupation of
the
Philippines.
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16. Kahapon, Ngayon at
Bukas