Before and After

At class we tackle a lot of Philippine Literature. Philippine Literature in english started when the Americans thought us so, and with it goes the type of literature we call the canon literary works and today we have the contemporary works.

The canon literary works very much portray the traditional way the Filipino writers come up with their stories. The society or the environment of the main character is the where the world of the story revolves at, therefore whtever happens to the character affects the whole society and the "environment he/she is in". The canon writers reflect all the political and social matters that occur during their time; such as the traditional courtship, family heirarchies and sharing boundaries with their neighbors. The typical climax of the stories relay the unusual process of changing and sometimes breaking the common norms of the society before. The ending shows the unusual events that can shock even modern people in terms of personal matters. It is much centered on the reaction of a society before when certain controversies and events happen to them.

The contemporary writers are revolving the stories in the characters ego. It shows how certain characters go through controversial matters that deeply involve one's personality. O course, as the works were done this modern day, technology and a whole lot of gadgets has soemthing to do in linking major events of the story. From what we've discussed from Games and Documents, the life of the story rotates within the characters ownselves. the writers also have ceratin elements of "what if" and "supernatural elements". This gives the stories more factors in which the readers can relate to. Defnitely it portrays the the specific matters that happens to the characters personality that has something to do with every readers personal matters.