Representative Texts
and Authors from the Different
Regions
of the country
OBJECTIVES:
a)Identify representative texts and authors
from different regions of the country;
b)Present ideas and concepts through
creative and diversified group
presentation;
c)Give the importance of Philippine
literature.
LUZON
Region 1: Biag ni Lam-ang (Epic)
Region 2: The Legend of Magat River (Folk Story)
Region 3: Change (Poem)
Angela Manalang Gloria
Region 4: The Bread of Salt (Short Story)
NVM Gonzalez
Region 5: Small Town Filipinos (Essay)
Kerima Polotan
NCR : Politikang Kasoy (Radio Drama)
Epifanio Matute
CAR : Wedding Dance. (Short Story)
Amador Daguio
VISAYAS
Region 6: Diplomat Listening to the
Speech of Another Diplomat
(Poem) – Dominador I. Ilio
Region 7: Letter to Pedro, US Citizen
(Narrative Poem) – Rene Estella Amper
Region 8: Amoral (Poetic Joust)
Region 9: The White Horse of Alih
(Short Story) – E. A. Enriquez
MINDANAO
Region 10: Sunset View from a House in
Jasaan (Poem) – Antonio L. Tan
Region 11: Love in the Cornhusks. (Short
Story) – Aida L. Rivera Ford
Region 12: Datu Matu (Drama) – Saturnina S.
Rodil
Region 13: Tulalang . (Epic)
ARMM : Pilandok’s Tale (Folk Story)
REGION 1: ILOCOS REGION
INTRODUCTION:
Ilocanos are descendants of Austronesian-speaking people
from Taiwan. Families and clans arrived by viray or bilog,
meaning "boat". The term Ilokano originates from i-,
"from",and looc, "cove or bay", thus "people of the bay."
Ilokanos also refer to themselves asamtoy, a contraction
from the Ilokano phrase sao mi ditoy, "our language here".
Ilocanosare descendants of Austronesian-speaking people
from southern !hina via Taiwan.
FRANCISCO LOPEZ
In fact, the earliest known written
Iloko poems were the romances he
translated from Spanish. an
Augustinian friar who in 1621,
published his own Iloko translation
of the Doctrina Cristiana, the first
book to be printed in Iloko.
LEONA FLORENTINO
has been considered by some as the "National Poetess of
the Philippines”
a Filipino poet in the Spanish and Ilocano languages. She is
considered as the "mother of Philippine women's literature"
and the "bridge from oral to literary tradition". §She wrote
Nalpay a Namnama o Naunsyaming Pag-asa (Blasted Hope)
PEDRO BUCANEG
•was a Filipino poet who is blind since birth
• he is the acknowledged author of the Ilocano
epic Biag ni Lam-ang, which is an epic poem of
the Ilocano people from the Ilocos region of
the Philippines influenced from the Indian
Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata
• He is considered the "Father of Ilocano
literature."
Life of Lam-ang(BIAG NI LAM-ANG)
• is a pre-Hispanic epic poem of the
Ilocano people of the Philippines. The
story was handed down orally for
generations before it was written down
around 1640 assumedly by a blind
Ilokano bard named Pedro Bucaneg.
REGION II (Cagayan Valley Region )
INES TACAD CAMMAYO
First prize for “People of Consequence”, Don
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for
Literature, 1970
Second prize for “On Friends You Pin Such
Hopes”, Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards
for Literature, 1973
Second prize for “Tears, Melancholy”,
Focus literary contest, 1979
REGION II (Cagayan Valley Region )
FERNANDO MARAMAG
was an excellent poet and journalist in English.
He had a rich style and deep understanding of
human nature – qualities which made his poetry
appealing to all readers.
his editorial writings “exerted great influence on
the various phases of the Filipino way of life,
particularly in its government, economics,
education and politics,” according to a critic.
He wrote the poem “The Rural Maid”.
REGION II (Cagayan Valley Region )
Biuag and Malana
Biuag and Malana
Biuag and Malana are men who in
love or suiting the young lady in the
town Tuao. They possessed a gift of
supernatural from the goddess and
used it to fight each other for the hand
of the young lady.
REGION III
CENTRAL LUZON
ANICIO PASCUAL
• He wrote “Juan
Manalaksan”
• He is from Arayat,
Pampanga, who heard the
story from an old
Pampangan woman.
MACARIA GARCIA
•She narrated “Suan,
the Good Guesser”
and “Suan's Good
Luck”.
REGION IV
SOUTHERN TAGALOG
MANUEL REYES
• a Tagalog from
Rizal province.
narrated “Suan
Eket”
JOSE RIZAL
• wrote “Legend of
Maria Makiling”
• also Noli Me
Tangere and El
Filibusterismo
REGION V
BICOL REGION
MARIANO PERFECTO
• Father of Bikol
Literature
• He published the first
Bikol newspaper, Ang
Parabareta (The Newsman)
IBALON
• narrated by Cadregong,
translated by Fr. Jose
Castaño
•The story talks about
three stories of Bicol
heroes.
