Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
(1972-1980)
CONTENTS
• Historical Background
• Filipino Poetry
• The Play
• Radio and Television
• Filipino Films
• Comics, Magazines, and Other Publications
• Palanca Awardees
• An Overview of the Literature
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
September 21, 1972 – The period of the New Society
started.
>The New Society tried to stop pornography or those
writings giving bad influences on the morals of
people.
THEATERS BUILT:
1. Cultural Center of the Philippines
2. The folk Arts Theater
3. Metropolitan Theater (was rebuilt)
CULTURAL CENTER OF THE
PHILIPPINES
FOLK ARTS THEATER
METROPOLITAN THEATER
• KISLAP &
• LIWAYWAY
- Became
Outlets for
Writers to
Publish
Many of
Their works
A. FILIPINO POETRY
• Slogans of the New Society:
1. Sa ikauunald ng bayan, Disiplina ang kailangan
2. Tayo’y kumain ng gulay, upang humaba ang
buhay
3. Magplano ng pamilya nang ang buhay ay
lumigaya
4. Ang pagsunod sa magulang, tanda ng anak na
magalang
5. Tayo’y magtanim upang mabuhay
6. Tayo’y magbigayan at huwag magsiksikan
A. FILIPINO POETRY
Themes of poems:
● Patience
● Native Culture
● Customs
● Beauties of Nature and
Surroundings
Those who wrote poetry
during this period were: 4. Bienvenido Ramos
1. Ponciano Pineda 5. Vicente Dimasalang
2. Aniceto Silvestre 6. Cir Lopez Francisco
3. Jose Garcia Revelo 7. Pelagio Sulit Cruz
A. FILIPINO POETRY
• Some of the composers:
Freddie Aguilar, Jose Mari Chan & Tito, Vic & Joey
-added their bit in this period
B. THE PLAY
The following organizations contributed a lot to the
development of plays during this period: