21ST C. LIT REVIEWER WEEK 4 - JAPANESE PERIOD AND LATE 20TH CENTURY

they sought to redefine Philippine literature by strengthening the vernacular languages (dialects in the Philippines)

the protagonist, a young boy, has dreams of finishing his education but he does not know that his father has been slain by Japanese colonizers

who is the author of “Bughaw Pa sa Likod ng Ulap”?

a brutally frank semi-autobiography of Filipino immigrants’ plight in the United States.

who is the author of the novel “America is in the Heart”?

exposed uncomfortable social realities of the Japanese occupation.

who is the author of “Without Seeing the Dawn”?

this language became the medium of instructions in school

a teacher in UP and UST, a budding literary writer that inspired young fictionists in his writing classes

they were instituted to recognize the finest writers of the country

_______ and _______ established the Siliman Writers’ Workshop, based in Dumaguete, this workshop invited up-andcoming writers to refine their skills under the Tiempo couple

also known as Rio Alma, National Artist for Literature

writers in the Ateneo de Manila University started the _______ _________.

he was given the first Palanca Awards for A Stun of Jewels

a UP student who acted and directed Wifrido Ma. Guerrero’s Condemned

because of these two schools, Philippine drama was infused to life

this theatre became an avenue for directors to prove their abilities

factors that influenced the works of post-war writers

they had shaped the literary texts that our writers produced

the _____ ___________ identified Filipino and English as the two official languages of the Philippines

the National Artist for Literature who published ‘Bayang Malaya’ in 1970

recalls the Japanese occupation through the eyes of proletariat characters

this university opened a writing workshop devoted entirely to Tagalog writers

an anti-Marcos poem that inexplicably found its way in a magazine supporting the dictatorship

who is the author of “Prometheus Unbound”?

a socio-political text published the year martial law was declared

who is the author of “Shapes of Silence”?

publications that were shut down during the martial law

a poet imprisoned during the Marcos regime, was assassinated in 1983

this recalls the Japanese occupation

who is the author of “Lovers”?

cried foul against social injustice

who are the authors of “Sigwa”? (3)

distinguished writing by adapting street slangs – the language of the abused masses

who is the author of “Utos ng Hari at Iba pang Kuwento”?

The ______ ______ _____ tendered accolade upon literary texts in English, Filipino, and other local languages