

Its antecedents early in the century were highly externalized narrative sketches similar to the cuadro and to local folk anecdotes and popular tales like the folk narratives.

Only in the 20th century does the maikling kuwento emerge as a distinct literary genre.

The characteristics of the cuadro and pananglet are evident in the episodic nature of Magahum’s adventure stories and in Jalandoni’s Mater Dolorosa figures. It eventually carried the stories of early fictionists Angel Ma gahum, Serapion T orre, a n d Magdalena Jalandoni, and is still being issued to this day. (Panay Almanac) carried fact s about Iloilo towns, article s on medicine and agriculture, and adaptations of Spanish and European texts.
