21st Century Report..
21st Century Report..
21st Century Report..
• The year 1986 Demarcates the beginning of new scene in the unfolding of narrative
contemporary Philippine literature.
- It saw the fall of the dictatorship that President Marcos set up on September
21, 1972,when he placed the Philippines under Martial rule, initiating a
regime that did not only suppress the writter’s right to free expression but also
created conditions that collaboration cooptation convenient choices for
artists struggling for recognition and survival.
- Writing under the. Martial Law Regime was characterized by militancy
and belligerence , even when it showed up in the legal press.
Especially after the assination Ninoy Aquino in 1983 , the temper of
poetry and theatre derived much of its heat and direction from the
political culture of the underground national democratic movement.
- However, when the enemy were overthrown in 1986, the literary
activity showed a certain disorientation manifesting itself in a
proliferation of concerns taken up by individual writers and groups.
• Post EDSA: 2 Creative Writing centers