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Philippine literature in English has its roots in the efforts of the United States, then engaged in a war with Filipino nationalist forces at the end of the 19th century. By 1901, public education was institutionalized in the Philippines , with English serving as the medium of instruction.
The Latin Library is a website that collects public domain Latin texts. [1] It is run by William L. Carey, adjunct professor of Latin and Roman Law at George Mason University . [ 2 ] The texts have been drawn from different sources, are not intended for research purposes nor as substitutes for critical editions, and may contain errors. [ 3 ]
Latin was one of the things which were taught by the Jesuits. [17] [18] A school was established by them for this purpose. [19] [20] A diplomatic delegation found a local who composed a letter in fluent Latin. [21] [22] Latin is a rare language in Asia, including Taiwan. There are fewer than five universities offering Latin curriculum.
The Chinese language version of the Doctrina Christiana (Christian Doctrine) was the first book printed in the Philippines in about 1590 to 1592. A version in Spanish, and in Tagalog, in both Latin script and the commonly used Baybayin script of the Manila Tagalogs of the time was printed in 1593. [6]
Authors are still producing original books in Latin today. This page lists contemporary or recent books (from the 21st, 20th and 19th centuries) originally written in Latin . These books are not called "new" because the term Neo-Latin or New Latin refers to books written as early as the 1500s, which is "newer" than Classical Antiquity or the ...
The last book, a collection of poems written by various Filipino poets at that time, is still now one of the most important works in the entire corpus of Philippine Literature in Spanish. And although it was severely criticized during its heyday (in 1814), it bears the merit of being the first book about the Philippines in Castilian that is ...
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Gerald Martin studied Spanish, French, and Portuguese at Bristol in 1965 and received his PhD in Latin American Literature from the University of Edinburgh in 1970. After spending a year in Cochabamba, Bolivia, with VSO (1965-1966), he later carried out postgraduate work in UNAM, Mexico (1968-1969) and, as a Harkness Fellowship recipient, was a visiting scholar at Stanford University (1971-1972).