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Modernism in Philippine Literature by Alden Pilongo is a document available to read on EtoBox.

First, the document discusses how modernity and modernism developed unevenly and contradictorily in the Philippines due to colonial influences and the preservation of local traditions and languages. Second, it explores how modernism embodied cultural practices that broke from conventions and restrictions, as seen in the works of Alejandro Abadilla and Jose Garcia Villa. The poem "Ako ang Daigdig" by Abadilla declared a poetic mutiny against conventional Tagalog poetry through its use of free verse without r

Author

Alden Pilongo

Language

EN