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Nínay is a novel in the Spanish language written by Pedro Alejandro Paterno, and is the first novel authored by a native Filipino.Paterno authored this novel when he was twenty-three years old [1] and while living in Spain in 1885, the novel was later translated into English in 1907 [1] and into Tagalog in 1908. [2]
Galang's "Life and Success" (1921), the first volume of essays in English; and; the influential "Literature and Society" (1940) by Salvador P. López. Dramatic writing took a backseat due to the popularity of Filipino vaudeville (bodabil) and Tagalog movies, although it was kept alive by the playwright Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero.
[1] [2] Philippine literature encompasses literary media written in various local languages as well as in Spanish and English. According to journalist Nena Jimenez, the most common and consistent element of Philippine literature is its short and quick yet highly interpersonal sentences, with themes of family, dogmatic love, and persistence. [3]
Cave and Shadows is a 1983 [1] whodunit [2] and Martial Law era “metaphysical” thriller [3] [4] novel written by Philippine National Artist Nick Joaquin.The setting of the novel is during Ferdinand Marcos’s martial law in the Philippines, [5] [6] including the time in Manila when activism was alive and demonstrations were frequent before August 1972 (described as Joaquin’s ...
Banaag at Sikat [1] or From Early Dawn to Full Light [2] is one of the first literary novels written by Filipino author Lope K. Santos in the Tagalog language in 1906. [3] As a book that was considered as the "Bible of working class Filipinos", [3] the pages of the novel revolves around the life of Delfin, his love for a daughter of a rich landlord, while Lope K. Santos also discusses the ...
My Brother, My Executioner [1] is a novel by Filipino author Francisco Sionil José written in Philippine English.A part of the Rosales Saga - a series of five interconnected fiction novels - My Brother, My Executioner ranks third in terms of chronology, after Po-on (original title: "Dusk") and Tree and before The Pretenders and Mass.
State of War, also known as State of War: A Novel, is the first novel written in 1988 by American Book Award recipient and Filipino author Ninotchka Rosca. It was described as a political novel that recreated the diverse culture of the Philippines through the presentation of an allegorical Philippine history .
The novel portrays the conditions of the citizenry at the onset of industrialization brought forth by the Americans in the Philippines. Mga Ibong Mandaragit had been translated into English and Russian. [2] [4] Carlos P. Romulo wrote the preface for this book, while Epifanio San Juan Jr. wrote its afterword of the book in Tagalog and English ...