Philippine Literature

PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
REGION 4A CALABARZON
ABOUT CALABARZON
• Calabarzon, formally known as Southern Tagalog Mainland, and designated

as Region IV-A, is an administrative region in the Philippines. The region
comprises five provinces: Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon, and
one highly urbanized city, Lucena. The name of the region is an acronym of
its five component provinces. Its regional center is Calamba City in Laguna.
Calabarzon is the most populous region in the Philippines, also the country's
second most densely populated after NCR.
ABOUT CALABARZON
• The history of the area known as

Calabarzon dates back to early historic
times. Local historians believe that three of
the tenth century place-names mentioned
in the Philippines' earliest known written
document, the Laguna Copperplate
Inscription, pertain to regions or polities
(Tagalog: "bayan") along the shores of
Laguna Lake; and some Filipino-
Chinese scholars believe the tenth century
trading polity known as Ma-i may actually
have been the predecessor of the present
day town of Bay, Laguna. Since the
Philippines' colonial period, the region has
served as home to some of the most
important Philippine historical figures,
including the Philippines' national
hero, Jose Rizal, who was born in Calamba.
FAMOUS AUTHORS AND
THEIR LIFE WORKS
JOSE RIZAL
Novels and essays
• Noli Me Tángere, novel, 1887 (literally Latin for 'touch me not', from John 20:17)
• El Filibusterismo, (novel, 1891), sequel to Noli Me Tángere
Plays
• El Consejo de los Dioses (The council of Gods)
• Junto Al Pasig (Along the Pasig)
• San Euistaquio, Mártyr (Saint Eustache, the martyr)
Poetry
• A La Juventud Filipina (To The Philippine Youth)
• El Canto Del Viajero
• Briayle Crismarl
• Canto de María Clara
• Himno Al Trabajo (Dalit sa Paggawa)
• Felicitación
• Kundiman (Tagalog)
• Me Piden Versos
• Mi primera inspiracion
• Mi Retiro
• Mi Ultimo Adiós
MARS RAVELO
• Mars Ravelo (October 9, 1916 – September 12, 1988) was
a Filipino comic book cartoonist and graphic novelist who
created the characters Darna
• Dyesebel, Captain
Barbell, Lastikman, Bondying, Varga, Wanted: Perfect
Mother, Hiwaga, Maruja, Mariposa, Roberta, Rita, Buhay
Pilipino, Jack and Jill, Flash Bomba, Tiny Tony,
and Dragonna among others.
LUALHATI TORRES- BAUTISTA
• Lualhati Torres Bautista (born December 2,
1945) is one of the foremost Filipino
female novelists in the history of
contemporary Philippine literature. Her novels
include Dekada '70, Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka
Ginawa?, and ‘GAPÔ.
• Two of Bautista's short stories won the Palanca
Awards, namely "Tatlong Kwento ng Buhay ni
Juan Candelabra" (Three Stories in the Life of
Juan Candelabra), first prize, 1982; and
"Buwan, Buwan, Hulugan mo Ako ng Sundang"
(Moon, Moon, Drop Me a dagger), third prize,
1983.
MAESTRIO LUCIO D. SAN PEDRO
• Born on February 11, 1913 in Angono, Rizal. He

was a composer and a multi- talented
musician. He was best known for his musical
composition sa Ugoy ng Duyan and the
symphonic poen Lahing Kayumanggi.
BIENVENIDO LUMBERA
• Bienvenido Lumbera is a Filipino poet, critic and
dramatist. He is a National Artist of the Philippines and a
recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism,
Literature and Creative Communications. He won
numerous literary awards, including the National Book
Awards from the National Book Foundation, and the Carlos
Palanca Memorial Awards.
• Ka Bel
• The Yaya’s Lullaby
• Servant
• Sadness
• Magic
• Eulogy of Roaches
Paz Marquez- Benitez
• Born in 1894 in Lucena, Tayabas (now Quezon). Marquez –

Benítez authored the first Filipino modern English
language short story, Dead Stars, published in the
Philippine Herald in 1925. Born into the prominent
Marquez family of Quezon province, she was among the
first generation of Filipino people trained in the American
education system which used English as the medium of
instruction.
• Dead Stars
• A night in the Hillls
• Filipino Love Stories
FAMOUS LITERATURE PIECES
• THE LEGEND OF SAMPALOC LAKE
• TO THE PHILIPPINE YOUTH
• THE SMALL KEY
• MACARIO’S NOCHE BUENA
THE LEGEND OF THE SAMPALOC LAKE
• San Pablo, a picturesque and progressive city in

Southeastern Luzon, is sometimes know as the city
of seven lakes. All the seven lakes are rich with
tales about their respective origin. A favorite story
is that of Sampaloc Lake - the largest and most
beautiful of the seven lakes
TO THE PHILIPPINE YOUTH
• la juventud filipina (English Translation: To The Philippine Youth) is a poem written
in Spanish by Filipino writer and patriot José Rizal, first presented in 1879 in Manila, while
he was studying at the University of Santo Tomas.
• "A la juventud filipina" was written by Rizal when he was only eighteen years old, and was
dedicated to the Filipino youth which he describes as "the fair hope of my motherland."
• In the poem Rizal praises the benefits that Spain had bestowed upon the Philippines. Rizal
had frequently depicted the renowned Spanish explorers, generals and kings in the most
patriotic manner. He had pictured education (brought to the Philippines by Spain) as "the
breath of life instilling charming virtue". He had written of one of his Spanish teachers as
having brought "the light of the eternal splendor".
• In this poem, however, it is the Filipino youth who are the protagonists, whose "prodigious
genius" making use of that education to build the future, was the "bella esperanza de la
patria mia" (beautiful hope of the motherland). Spain, with "pious and wise hand" offered a
"crown's resplendent band, offers to the sons of this Indian land."
THE SMALL KEY
• Pedro Buhay, a prosperous farmer was eating and his new wife
Soledad. Until they test their relation with the mysterious small
key.
• The point of view used in the story is in third person, it uses ‘’he’’
or ‘’she’’, may be omniscient or limited.
• The theme of this story is about the ‘’Memories of Love’’
MACARIO’S NOCHE BUENA
• Basically, the plot of “Macario’s Noche-Buena” is the current life of Macario

as a thief, and his memories of his youth. The story starts on December
24th, Noche-Buena. Macario is hiding in a grove of bamboo trees waiting for
someone to pass. After some time, a man on horseback arrived, whom
Macario ordered to give him his money. He only had five pesos so Macario
opened the bag that the man was carrying. In the bag, Macario found some
groceries, but more importantly there also was also an assortment of toys.
Some dolls, carriages, and a little drum. Macario got hold of the drum and
then remembered the little drum that his grandfather had given him for
Christmas many years back. After that, more memories rushed in, one when
he was a young adult, where he was holding a bloodied bolo and a dead man
in front of him. After this, it is stated in the story that he ran, and after
some distance he was caught by two guardia civilles, and then the story
ends.

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PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

• Calabarzon, formally known as Southern Tagalog Mainland, and designated

• The history of the area known as

• Born on February 11, 1913 in Angono, Rizal. He

• Born in 1894 in Lucena, Tayabas (now Quezon). Marquez –

• San Pablo, a picturesque and progressive city in

• Basically, the plot of “Macario’s Noche-Buena” is the current life of Macario

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