Author: Publisher: Rex Bookstore, Inc.
ISBN: 9789712315640
Category : Folk literature
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Readings in Philippine Literature
Author: Publisher: Rex Bookstore, Inc.
ISBN: 9789712315640
Category : Folk literature
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Philippine Folk Literature
Author: Damiana L. EugenioPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Philippine Folk Literature: The Epics presents 23 folk epics collected from some 14 ethnolinguistic groups in the country. This is the eighth volume being added to the original 7-volume Philippine Folk Literature Series. Folk epics are long heroic narratives in verse which recount the adventures of tribal heroes and in the process express the customs, beliefs, and ideals of the people who sing them. The introductory essay, The Philippine Folk Epic, gives a detailed discussion of the features and characteristics of Philippine folk epics--their geographic distribution; epic singing and singers; the epic hero, his adventures and his outstanding qualities; epic conventions; dominant motifs; and the customs, beliefs, and values expressed in them. The epics are arranged in geographic order from north to south, starting with Lam-ang (Northern. Luzon), then to Labaw Donggon (Visayas), and on to Mindanao, w the greatest number of our folk epics come from (Tuwaang, Agyu, Bantugan, etc.). A distinctive feature of Philippine epic literature is that while other countries have one national epic hero, e.g., England's Beowulf, Spain's El Cid, etc., the Philippines has no national epic hero but more than a dozen tribal epic heroes. This volume thus gives the reader an opportunity to get acquainted with these folk epic heroes and the values and ideals they stand for. As in the other volumes in the Philippine Folk Literature Series, the selections are given in English translation, but a sampling of the text in the original language is given at the beginning of each selection.
Beyond the Nation
Author: Martin Joseph PoncePublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814768059
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Part of the American Literatures Initiative Series Beyond the Nation charts an expansive history of Filipino literature in the U.S., forged within the dual contexts of imperialism and migration, from the early twentieth century into the twenty-first. Martin Joseph Ponce theorizes and enacts a queer diasporic reading practice that attends to the complex crossings of race and nation with gender and sexuality. Tracing the conditions of possibility of Anglophone Filipino literature to U.S. colonialism in the Philippines in the early twentieth century, the book examines how a host of writers from across the century both imagine and address the Philippines and the United States, inventing a variety of artistic lineages and social formations in the process. Beyond the Nation considers a broad array of issues, from early Philippine nationalism, queer modernism, and transnational radicalism, to music-influenced and cross-cultural poetics, gay male engagements with martial law and popular culture, second-generational dynamics, and the relation between reading and revolution. Ponce elucidates not only the internal differences that mark this literary tradition but also the wealth of expressive practices that exceed the terms of colonial complicity, defiant nationalism, or conciliatory assimilation. Moving beyond the nation as both the primary analytical framework and locus of belonging, Ponce proposes that diasporic Filipino literature has much to teach us about alternative ways of imagining erotic relationships and political communities.
Philippine Folk Literature
Author: Damiana L. EugenioPublisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9789715425360
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
This anthology presents a bird's-eye view of the whole range of Philippine folk literature.
Philippine Folk Literature
Author: Damiana L. EugenioPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Philippine Folk Literature: The Proverbs is Volume VI of the author's eight-volume Philippine Folk Literature Series. The present collection focuses on the proverb--a terse didactic statement, handed down through generations, the wisdom of many and the wit of one. It ordinarily suggests a course of action or passes judgment on a situation. This work is a national collection of Philippine proverbs--a putting together of available proverbs from allover the country, listed alphabetically, in dictionary fashion, according to the most significant word in their English translation. Thirty-six Philippine languages are represented in this collection. As an introduction to the collection, the essay Philippine Proverb Lore, is reprinted, to provide readers with an overview. For each entry, the following kinds of information are given: (1) the English translation, (2) the proverb in its original Philippine language or languages, (3) language label and source (collector/collections); and (4) foreign parallels, if any.
Brown River, White Ocean
Author: Luis FranciaPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813519999
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
31 short stories and 108 poems represent a literary history of English writing in the Philippines, from the turn of the century to the present.
Philippine English
Author: MA. Lourdes S. BautistaPublisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9622099475
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
An overview and analysis of the role of English in the Philippines, the factors that led to its spread and retention, and the characteristics of Philippine English today.
It’s A Mens World
Author: Bebang SiyPublisher: Anvil Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 9712728994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : tl
Pages : 129
Book Description
This collection of funny and heartrending autobiographical essays by the young Filipino Chinese author is a photo album of sorts—there are black-and-white shots, vivid Polaroids, ID pictures, and yellowed photographs that look like scenes from a dream.
Dead Stars
Author: Jennifer M. McMahonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Dead Stars examines the American colonization of the Philippines from three distinct but related literary perspectives: that of anti-imperialist American writers Mark Twain, W. E. B. DuBois, and William James; American authors whose work was used to inculcate American values in the colonial education system; and early Filipino writers Paz Marquez Benitez, Maximo Kalaw, and Juan C. Laya.
Emergent Literature
Author: Elmer A. OrdoñezPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philippine essays (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description