Literature as Resistance in Filipino History

Filipino literature was never just stories; it was a weapon. Before colonizers, our ancestors shared

epics and chants orally. Then the Spanish came, using literature

for religious control, but our heroes turned it into a call for revolution. Next,

the Americans introduced English, and we made it our own, writing about freedom

and identity. During the Japanese occupation, English was banned, so writers secretly

coded resistance into Tagalog poems. Today, our literature is a wild mix of languages

and forms, tackling everything from martial law to modern love. Our stories always

survive and fight back.