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Philippine literature in Spanish (Spanish: Literatura filipina en español; Filipino: Literaturang Pilipino sa Espanyol) is a body of literature made by Filipino writers in the Spanish language. Today, this corpus is the third largest in the whole corpus of Philippine literature ( Philippine Literature in Filipino being the first, followed by ...
Compared to the more rigid literature of the Spanish era, the American period saw the popularity of the "free verse" in the Philippines, allowing for flexible poetry, prose, and other wordcraft. [2] The introduction of the English language was also of equal importance, as it became one of the most common languages that Filipino writers would ...
Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz (April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862), [ 1] commonly known as Francisco Balagtas and also as Francisco Baltazar, was a Filipino poet and litterateur of the Tagalog language during the Spanish rule of the Philippines. He is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino literary laureates for his impact on ...
The Ilustrados ( Spanish: [ilusˈtɾaðos], "erudite", [ 1] "learned" [ 2] or "enlightened ones" [ 3]) constituted the Filipino intelligentsia ( educated class) during the Spanish colonial period in the late 19th century. [ 4][ 5] Elsewhere in New Spain (of which the Philippines were part), the term gente de razón carried a similar meaning.
e. The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
Nínay is a novel in the Spanish language written by Pedro Alejandro Paterno, and is the first novel authored by a native Filipino.Paterno authored this novel when he was twenty-three years old [1] and while living in Spain in 1885, the novel was later translated into English in 1907 [1] and into Tagalog in 1908. [2]
The Pasyón ( Spanish: Pasión) is a Philippine epic narrative of the life of Jesus Christ, focused on his Passion, Death, and Resurrection. In stanzas of five lines of eight syllables each, the standard elements of epic poetry are interwoven with a colourful, dramatic theme. The uninterrupted chanting or pabasa (“reading”) of the entire ...
Mariano Ponce y Collantes (Spanish: [maɾjˈano pˈonθe]; March 22, 1863 – May 23, 1918) commonly known as just Mariano Ponce was a Filipino physician, writer, statesman, and active member of the Propaganda Movement. In Spain, he was among the founders of La Solidaridad and Asociación Hispano-Filipino. Among his significant works was ...