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- 1. Timely and timeless, literature does not stale. So does the ability of the writers to produce these works of their hands which touch the hearts of the readers by crafting quality and relevant literary works. Every corner of the world, these persons with creative minds in writing exist. Philippines is no exemption to that! Regions 1 to 7 produce quality and timely literary pieces. Some of these are going to be highlight of this lesson. Enjoy immersing yourselves to their worlds! Regions I to VII are known for being the most colourful regional Filipino literatures!
- 2. The Philippines is made up of three island groups, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Each island group is composed of different regions. In each region, there are known writers or authors. Look at the following table that provides you with the different regions together with the writers associated with these regions. Their association was mainly because they were born there or they have settled there. These are only a few among the many writers in the different regions.
- 7. REPRESENTATIVE TEXTS FROM REGIONS I TO VII
- 8. a. Identify representative texts and authors from each region. b. Write a close analysis and critical interpretation of a text using cultural criticism. c. Appreciate deeply ingrained Filipino values, beliefs, and traditions reflected in their regional literature.
- 9. MANUEL E. ARGUILLA (1911-1944) was an Ilocano who wrote in English. He was best known for his short story "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife." which received first price in the Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940. Most of his stories depict life in Barrio Nagrebcan, Bauang, La Union, where he was born in 1911. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Education in 1933 at the University of the Philippines. He became a member and later the president of the UP Writers' Club and editor of the Literary Apprentice. He married Lydia Villanueva, another talented writer, and they lived in Ermita, Manila. REGION I ILOCOS REGION
- 10. How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife The wife meets the brother for the first time They journey home with conversation and a song The husband asks the wife if she is afraid as they near home, bringing about the main character's own reaction about how the family will welcome home his brother and new wife
- 11. The brother sees to his father's request while the family talks The brother resolves what it would be like to have his own wife. The wife and family meet discussing many things in a 'get to know' each other manner. All the while the brother, the main character, considers what he has been asked to do to test the new wife and finds her worthy, perhaps as an example of what he will someday find in a wife. The main character has resolved to accept the new wife based on the tests he provided her.
- 12. Region II - Cagayan Valley The Return The poem "The Return" by Edith Tiempo is about the human ability and tendency to return to past glories and regrets through memory. The poem is told from the point of view of an old man remembering his earlier life experiences when he was a young sailor and adventurer.
- 13. "The Return" is not only a remembrance of things past, but it seems to suggest that a man can never return to the place from where he came. For example, when reflecting on returning to the place of his memories, the narrator calls himself "an old man cracking bones of his embarrassment apart." The idea is that time represents a prison for anyone seeking to go back, and perhaps the idea of returning brings more anguish than satisfaction.
- 14. Region III - Central Luzon Gregorio Brillantes Gregorio Brillantes was born in Camiling, Tarlac, in 1932 and was educated at the Ateneo de Manila. He was executive editor of the Philippines Free Press and editor-in-chief of Asia-Philippines Leader, and since 1972 has been an editor and writer for various other publications, including Veritas newsmagazine, National Midweek and Philippine Graphic.
- 15. Faith, Love, Time, and Dr. Lazaro Plot Summary It is about a father who wants a son to be a doctor. His son (Ben) though wants to be in the service of God by becoming a priest. But Dr. Lazaro has lost his faith because of his profession. After the doctor witnesses his son baptize an ill child, Dr. Lazaro questions his lack of faith and looks up to God once again.
- 16. Region IV - MIMAROPA N.V.M. Gonzales Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez, better known as N.V.M. Gonzalez, fictionist, essayist, poet, and teacher, articulated the Filipino spirit in rural, urban landscapes. Among the many recognitions, he won the First Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940, received the Republic Cultural Heritage Award in 1960 and the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining in 1990.
- 17. The Bread of Salt is a coming-of-age story by Filipino national artist Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez. It is about a fourteen-year-old male narrator who falls for Aida, the niece of a Spaniard plantation owner, and who realizes that this girl is out of his league. It begins with the narrator informing us of his daily task of buying the staple breakfast food pandesal every 5 A.M. Pandesal in English is bread of salt. The narrator describes it in detail in the second paragraph; he waits for pandesal to be finished baking at the end.
- 18. Region V- Bicol Region Bienvenido N. Santos (1911-1996) Born in Tondo, Manila, of Pampango parents from Lubao, Bienvenido N. Santos was a government pensionado to the United States in 1941. During the war years he studied at the University of Illinois, Columbia, and Harvard and served with the Philippine government in exile in Washington, D.C.
- 19. Early Harvest It is about a Filipino man who is living in Chicago. He is always longing for the Philippines. He meets and entertains a group of young Filipino girls. These young girls make fun of him and mockingly call him an'old timer. These are the character; The narrator named Selmo, his father, mother, His brother named Cario, Nena - Cario's wife, the Japanese soldiers, Father Julian.. Minor Characters: Tiong Matias, Marta, Bundio.
- 20. Region VI- Western Visayas Alicia Tan-Gonzales She was born on June 24,1954 in Bacolod City. She finished AB English at University of St. La Salle-Bacolod. MA in Literature at Ateneo de Manila University, and PhD in English Studies at UP Diliman. Currently, she is a full professor in English and Literature in UP Visayas, Iloilo. Hligaynon Hiligaynon is mainly concentrated in the regions of Western Visayas (Iloilo, Capiz, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental), as well as in South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and North Cotabato in Soccsksargen.
- 21. Region VII - Central Visayas Vicente Ranudo (April 29, 1882 March 6, 1930) was a Filipino Visayan writer, poet laureate, and Cebu provincial civil servant. He wrote for various pre-war periodicals, including the first Cebuano newspaper Ang Suga, and was considered the father of Cebuano poetry.
- 22. Hikalimtan? Alang kanimo mao koy tinguha, Ning kalibutan duhay silimbahon, Didto sa Langit, siya si Bathala, Dinhi sa Yuta, ang imong kaambong. Dili mahimo nga ikaw hikalimtan, Akong Bathala sinimba sat ago, Kay kon wala ka sa sulod ning dughan, Unsa pay ako, Inday, unsa pay ako? Silaw sa bulan, tipik sa bitoon, Nga nagpabilin ning yutang malaay, Kon daw buot ka nga dili simbahon, Iuli sa Langit ang imong panagway.
- 23. CULTURAL CRITICISM New Historical/Cultural Criticism A culture is a collection of inter cultures, each of which is growing and changing, each of which is constituted at any given moment in time by the intersection of gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, occupation, and similar factors that contribute to the experience of its members.
- 24. New Historical/Cultural Criticism 1. Literary texts help to shape the culture in which they are interpreted. 2. The goal of this criticism is for the reader "to make connections between the literary text, the culture in which it emerged, and the cultures in which it is interpreted.
- 25. Below are questions that New Historical/Cultural Critics ask about Literary Texts: 1.How does the literary text function as part of a continuum with other historical/cultural texts from the same period, for example, penal codes, educational priorities, the treatment of children under the law, other art forms (including popular art forms), and the like? 2.How does the text promote beliefs that support and/or undermine the prevailing power structures of the time and place in which it was written and/or interpreted?
- 26. 3.What does the literary text add to our understanding of the ways how a culture is seen and interpreted? 4.What does the literary work suggest about the experience of groups of people who have been misrepresented by traditional history? 5.How has the work's reception by literary critics and its possible future relationship with its audience- been shaped by and shaped the culture in which that reception occurred (past, present or future)?