Review about Filipino Writers during the

Postwar Period

​Martial law

​Martial law involves the temporary substitution of military authority for civilian rule and is usually invoked in time of war, rebellion, or natural disaster.

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​are you familiar with these names?

​ Amado Hernandez Lualhati Bautista

​(Luha ng Buwaya) (Bata, Bata Paano ka Ginawa?)

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​ Jose Lacaba Hernando Ocampo

​(Prometheus Unbound) (We or They)

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Jose Ma. Sison

​(For Justice, Socialism and Peace. Aklat ng Bayan, Inc.)

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Bienvenido Lumbera

(Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa)

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Philippine Literature during Martial Law

Literary Works during the Martial Law Era

four themes/forms of literary works

during martial law era

​1.Protest Literature

​2.Proletarian Literature

3.Prison Literature 4.Circumvention Literature

​PROTEST LITERATURE

sometimes called revolutionary literature, refers to works that express distaste, disagreement, or transgression to the present government, applicable to the current political, social, and/or economic conditions of the country when the works were written.

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​Social Realism in Protest Literature

Works that aimed to effect social change through portraying the truths of society, everyday happenings, current events, and interaction and disparity of social classesare classified as depicting social realism.

​Proletarian literature

​refers to literary works written by working-class authors about the working class.

​​Prison literature

refers to literary works produced by authors who are incarcerated orconfined in a secluded area such as a prison cell.

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​Why Cage Pigeons? (1984)

​​Circumvention literature

refers to literary works that express social and politicaltransgression through metaphors, allegories, symbolisms, etc. Writers of this type ofliterature used subtle codes and symbols so that the Marcos regime’s censors and inspectorsdo not notice the subversive message in the works.