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Republic Period
1960 - 1985
The declaration of martial law severely restricted publications and mass media. Because of this, it became a revolutionary period for literature in which Filipino authors began to use their works to probe socio-political issues in literary forms such as novels, short stories, and romance poetry.
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Characteristics from the Republic Period
Merge of traditions from two major colonial periods
Tagabukid (educational qualification, ultranationalistic)
Tagabayan (exercised political power, American intelligent)
Moving from the tradition of protest to sentimentality and escapism
Existentialism and search for identity
Famous Works and Their Aauthors
Lazaro M. Francisco (1898-1980)
Novelist and 2009 Philippine National Artists
Themes: Romance, Class tensions, tenancy issues
Bayang Magpatiwakal (1932)
Alien control on PH economy, a confrontation of the problem of the colonized Filipino people
Ilaw sa Hilaga (1948)
Allegory of the PH under the economic domination of foreign business
Kerima Polotan Tuvera
Stories (1968)
Poignant stories about women and their research for a self-image that a male-dominated society would deny them
