21st Century L2
21st Century L2
21st Century L2
REPRESENTATIV
E TEXTS AND
AUTHORS FROM
THE REGION
LESSON
OBJECTIVES
1. Identify the authors and their texts
from Region 3.
2. Appreciate the different texts of the
authors from Region 3.
3. Recognize the importance of their
text to the development of literature of
Region.
LESSON
OBJECTIVES
1. Identify the authors and their texts
from Region 3.
2. Appreciate the different texts of the
authors from Region 3.
3. Recognize the importance of their
text to the development of literature of
Region.
1. Watch the videos and
analyze its similarities
and differences.
2. Choose what is way
better between the two
and explain your
choice.
AUTHORS
FROM THE
REGION III
FRANCISCO
BALTAZAR
• Francisco Baltazar was born on April
2, 1788 in Bigga, Bulacan in the
Philippines. He was the youngest of
four children.
FRANCISCO
BALTAZAR
• Francisco Baltazar was born on April
2, 1788 in Bigga, Bulacan in the
Philippines. He was the youngest of
four children.
FRANCISCO BALTAZAR Y DELA CR
• known much more widely through his nom-
de-plume Francisco Balagtas
• the Tagalog equivalent of William
Shakespeare
• Florante at Laura, is regarded as his
defining work.
FRANCISCO BALTAZAR Y DELA CR
Two people that would influence Baltazar's development
as a poet were:
• Dr. Mariano Pilapil who helped Baltazar develop his
writing style.
• José de la Cruz, one of the most famous poets from the
Tondo district of Manila, challenged Baltazar to always
produce quality work.
FRANCISCO BALTAZAR'S WORKS:
• La India elegante y el negrito amante – a short play
in one part
• Nudo gordeano
• Rodolfo at Rosemonda
• Mahomet at Constanza Claus (translated into
Tagalog from Latin)
• Florante at Laura, Balagtas' masterpiece
VIRGILIO V. VITUG
• Lubao, Pampanga 17 September 1951.
• married to essayist Marites Danguilan with
whom he has a son, Alab.
VIRGILIO V. VITUG
• worked as a reporter and/or columnist for the Times
Journal, Tempo, Manila Times, and Manila
Chronicle; an associate editor in Sagisag
andKaligiran magazines;
• head writer of the children’s television program
Batibot.
VIRGILIO V. VITUG
• Two of his poems are anthologized in Virgilio S.
Almario’s Walong Dekada ng Makabagong Tula
(Eight Decades of Modern Poetry),
• “Isang Tanong sa Sarili” (A Question for Myself)
and
• “Ako si Virgilio V. Vitug” (I am Virgilio V. Vitug).
VIRGILIO V. VITUG WORKS
• He wrote a Pampango passion play, Sinakulo ning
Balen (Passion of the Town), and co-authored a
book, Agribusiness Opportunities in the Philippines,
1988.
AMADO VERA
HERNANDEZ
• was born in Hagonoy, Bulacan but grew up
Tondo, Manila, where he studied at the Manila
High School and at the American
Correspondence School.
AMADO VERA HERNANDEZ
• While being a reporter, columnist and editor of several
newspaper and magazines including Watawat, Mabuhay,
Pilipino, Makabayan and Sampaguita, he also honed his
poetic craft.
• After World War II, he became a member of the
Philippine Newspaper Guild and his writings increasingly
dealt with the plight of the peasants and laborers
AMADO VERA HERNANDEZ
• Influenced by the philosophy of Hobbes and Locke, he
advocated revolution as a means of change.
• His activities and writings led him to imprisonment from
1951 to 1956. Even in prison, he was still a leader and
artist, spearheading education programs and mounting
musical productions, plays and poetry reading
AMADO VERA HERNANDEZ WORK
• Mga Ibong Mandaragit (Predatory Birds). His prison
writings were smuggled out by his wife, zarzuela star
Honarata “Atang” dela Rama, who would become
our National Artist for Music and Theater.