Philippine Literature as an Instrument for Restoration

Abstract

This article is based on the author's paper read at the International Interfaith Conference on Religion and Art, Chiang Mai, Thailand, August 16-21, 1987.

This paper takes literature in the usual understanding of the term and does. not therefore include here certain Philippine fiction writers and their recent works that record actual historical events like the momentous February 1986 revolution. Likewise, because of the specific attention on the writers' involvement of sociological relevance, certain other exclusions are found necessary.