SELECTED LITERARY PIECES
I. Oral Lore from Pre-colonial Times (____-1564)
- Riddles
- Short Poems
- Songs
- Myths & Legends
-The Second Creation (Tiruray)
-The Greatest Flood (Tinggians, Abra)
- Folk Tales
– A Story of the Orphan Girl (Subanon, Peninsula)
– The Monkey and the Turtle (Bilaan)
- Epic
– Biag ni Lam-ang (Ilokos)
– Labaw Dunggon (Visayas)
II. Literature Under Spanish Colonialism (1565-1897)
- Historical Background
- Poetry
– May Bagyo Ma’t May Rilim (by an unknown Tagalog author, 1605)
– Urbana at Feliza: Two Letters (by Modesto de Castro, 1864)
– Pasyong Dapat Ipag-alab ng Puso ng Taong Babasa sa Kalupitan ng Fraile (by Marcelo H. del Pilar)
– Ultimo Adios (by Jose Rizal, 1896)
- Essay
– Liwanag at Dilim: Two Essays (by Emilio Jacinto, 1896)
III. Literature Under American Colonialism (1898-1945)
- Historical Background
- Poetry
– Pakpak (by Corazon de Jesus, 1928)
– Panulat (by Benigno Ramos, 1930)
- Short Story
– Si Anabella (by Magdalena Jalandoni, 1936-1938)
– At Ako’y Inanod (by Marcel Navarra (1937)
– Dead Stars (by Paz Marquez Benitez)
- Drama
– Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas (by Aurelio Tolentino, 1903)
– Wanted a Chaperon (by Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, 1940)
IV. Literature Under the Republic (1946-1985)
- Historical Background
- Poetry
– The Pilgrimage of Death (by Manuel Bernabe, 1957)
– Magkasangang Agos (by Amado V. Hernandez, 1970)
- Short Story
– Summer Solstice (by Nick Joaquin)
– Sounds of Sunday (by Kerima Polotan-Tuvera, 1961)
- Drama
– Cadaver (by Alberto S. Florentino, 1954)
– Ang Pagtitiis ni Mang Serapio (by Paul Arvisu Dumol, 1969)
- Novel
– Umiigting ang mga Kuko (by Edgardo M. Reyes, 1966)
IV. Literature After the EDSA Revolution (1986-Present)
- Historical Background
- Short Story
– Ang Pinakahuling Kuwento ni Huli (by Lilia Quindoza Santiago, 1987)
– Kabilang sa mga Nawawala (by Ricardo Lee, 1988)
– The Execution (by Charlston Ong, 1991)
– Geyluv (by Honorio Bartolome de Dios, 1991)
V. Additional Literary Pieces (Conceptual Approach)
- Imaging the Filipino Man
– To the Man I Married (by Angela Manalang Gloria)
– Pagkat Lalaki Ka (by Michael Coroza)
– The Spouse (by Luis Dato)
- Imaging the Filipino Woman
– Alunsina and Tungkunglangit
– Ang Babaeng Nangarap ng Gising
– Babaeng Namumuhay ng Mag-isa
- Representing the Filipino Family
– Breaking Through (by Myrna Pena Reyes)
– Mats (by Francisco Arcellana)
- Exploring Filipino Traditions
– The Wedding Dance (by Amador Daguio)
Natalian Theories 