1. Philippine literature during the American colonial period was influenced by education and the use of English as the language of instruction in schools. 2. Writers during this time drew from Propaganda Movement and Revolutionary Movement ideas to encourage continued resistance to U.S. rule. They also aimed to increase American awareness of Filipino culture. 3. Notable authors wrote in different genres, including plays by Aurelio Tolentino and Mena Pecson Crisologo, short stories by Deogracias Rosario and Manuel Arguilla, and poems by Jose Corazon de Jesus, Benigno Ramos, and Evangeline Guerrero. Novels during this period included Kay Pait Ng Pamumuhay

1. Literature Under
U.S. Colonialism
Prepared by:
Conejar, Kareen Joy E.
Submitted by :
Ms. Jackielyn M. Hebia

2. Philippine literature during the
American rule was influenced
by two factors, first of which is,
education. With the Americans
providing free education, many
were given the chance to study
and English was used as the
language of instruction. Unlike
the Spanish, the foreigners
were willing to teach their
language to the Filipinos. Free
education served as the
stepping stone for others to
improve their social status.
Early literary works in English showed styles of
which is American. It can also be seen that
writers who just started learning English cannot
fully showcase their talent because of the lack
of mastery of the language.
Writers during the American Period drew ideas from the
Propaganda Movement and the Revolutionary Movement
to encourage the Filipinos to continue to fight against the
U.S. Colonialism. The demand for independence was
supported by a campaign to make the Americans aware of
the Filipino culture.
Literary Period

3. Notable
Authors and
their Works

4. F
Play
Aurelio tolentino
Kahapon ngayon
at bukas
Mena Pecson
Crisologo
Neneng o
Pinagpalang
kapangyarihan ng
Pag-ibig
Short Story
Deogracas S. Rosario
Greta Garbo
Manuel E. Arguilla
A Son is born
Magdalena Jalandoni
Si Anabella
Marcel navarro
At ako’y inanod
Wilfredo Ma.
Guerrero
Wanted : A
Chaperon
Novel
Fautino Aguilar
Kay pait ng
pamumuhay
pinaglahuan
Carlos Bulosan
Two face of
America
From America is
in the heart
Poems
Cecilo Apostol
Al heroe Nactional
Pedro Gatmaitan
Pinaglahuan
Benigno ramos
Asyenda
Jose corazon de
Jesus
Kamay ng berhin
Salampi
Gardeopatra
Quijano
Kon/Kung
Evangeline
Guerrero
Though you
Tell Me Not

5. Play

6. Aurellio Tolentino
Was A
Filipino
dramatis
t and
playwrig
ht.
Born in Santo
Christo, Guagua
Pampanga.
Kahaon ngayon
at Bukas

7. Mena Pecso Crisologo
A Ilocano literature
contributed .
Sha was a
dramatist,and
novalist.
Literary historians and
critics of Literature in
the regions have yet
established.
under U.S. Colonial rule
who
Inevitably figure in
research outputs and
studies.
Neneng o
Pinagpalang
kapangyarih
an ng Pag-
ibig

8. Short Story

9. Marcel Navarra
She was a
Short story
writter .
At Ako’y
inianod

10. Wilfred Ma. guerrero
Was a Filipino playwright, Teacher
and theater artist.
Ha has written well over a
hundred plays, 41 of which have
been published.
His published plays have
either been broadcast
over the radio or staged
various parts of the
Philippines.
Wanted : A Chaperon

11. Deogracias S. Rosario
Greta GarboHe was a writer using
English who imbibed
literary influences coming
into Philippine Literature
through the school. Father of the
“Tagalog Short
Story ’’.
Tagalog writers
uninitiated the
arc of the
story.

12. Manuel Arguilla
A Son is born
Were the
finest short
story writers
of their time,
and between of
two of them,
Were in
(1910- 1944).
A writers Club
And editor of
the University
;s Literary
Apprentice.

13. Si Anabella

14. Poems

15. Kamay Ng Birhen
He was a Poet and a
playwright.
Was born Inn Manila
and
In Santa Maria,
Bulacan.
He also wrote lyrics for
songs,
One of them constancio
de Guzman’s
Bayan ko.
A Woman can make or
Unmake a man.
A Woman can do wonders.
That the hands of a virgin
have a power to transform
even hardened criminals into
good men.

16. Salapi
Money is like fire:
an EXCELENT
SERVANT, but a CRUEL
MASTER
Money, the love of it, the lack of
it.the things it can do for you,
what you can do it with it,
how to make it earn, that’s what
makes some pepole’s go around.
- Bebe Lontoc

17. Lope K. Santos
He was a Filipino
Tagalog language
writer and former
senator of the
Philippines.
He nest known for his
1906 socialist novel.
He also a native of
Pasig.
Hinigop ng sugal

18. Evangeline guerrero
She was a poet,
journalist in the
Spanish language.
She was the eldest
daughter of the “ Prince
of the Filipino lyric
Poetry “.
•Though You
Tell Me not

19. Benigno Ramos
He was known
as the
Balagtasan
poem.
Introduce social content,
making the contestant
proponents of specific
philosophical/political
positions.
Panulat

20. Gardeopata Quijano
As a young woman,
she was inspired
to be independent
and not shy from
every opportunity
that women
sparsely had at
the time.
started writing when
she was a teenager. She
is a poet, a fictionist
and an essayist. She
wrote her poems,
stories and essays in
Cebuano.
“And if I were the wind,
Oh, I’d tease the flowers,
I’d scatter to all corners
The fallen petals,
So their fragrance would
remain
A trail of scent for the poet.”
Kon /Kung

21. Cecilo Apostol
Cecilio Apóstol was a Filipino poet.
His poems were once used to teach
the Spanish language under the
Republic Act No. 1881.
Cecilo Apostol
Al Heroe Nactional/
To The National Hero
Rizal the evolution and the
perfidy of the American
invaders.
He was the
National
theater
excellent
support , and he
was also a poet.

22. .
Pedro Gatmaitan
He was a youthful
poets.
The patriotic poems
in the book range in
tone playfully ironic
to the oratorical
and exhortative.
Pinaglahuan

23. Novel

24. Fautino Aguilar
He was a Social
Novelist. A novel that
gives a penetrating
analysis of Philippine
society at the
beginning of the
American rule.
Kay hirap ng
pamumuhay
panaglahuan
The discriminating choice of
substantiating details , and
sensitivity of a superior novelist.
Aguilar’s novel revolves around the rich girl
Danding whose love for a factory clerk had to
give way to her parent’s wish to marry her
off to the business magnate Rojalde who
would organizer in the American firm where
he works.

26. References

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Joaquin, Nick. “The Philippine as Sajonista,”
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Renato Constantino, A Past Revisited ( Quezon
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Teodoro A. Agoncillo and Oscar Alfonso, A History of the
Filipino People, Rev.ed. (Quezon City: Malaya Book,
1967)p.429.