Biag ni Lam-Ang Bravery and perseverance are evident in the epic. Lam-Ang, the protagonist, is remarkably brave for he used his supernatural abilities to avenge his father to the Igorots. Lastly, he has perseverance in a way that despite the belittling of Sumarang and the discouraging to court Ines by her mother, he proved to… Continue reading Epic Reviews: Biag ni Lam-Ang, Bidasari, and Indarapatra at Sulayman
Snow in Midsummer is a drama written by Guan Hanqing at around 1240 to 1320 that focuses on the struggles of Dou E. Losing a mother at age three and being a child bride at age seven, Dou E depicts childhood plights during the Yuan dynasty, which is the timeframe of the play, as a result… Continue reading Drama Review: Snow in Midsummer by Guan Hanqing
Who would have thought that Bob Ong, a Filipino contemporary author known for his satire and conversational writing techniques, will write a unique love story? In 2014, Visprint, Inc. published SI—a novel which Ong described to be a novel about the love story of the unnamed narrator, who also is the main character, and a… Continue reading Book Review: SI by Bob Ong
The tale is about an ox and a donkey which are owned by a merchant farmer who can understand animal language. This story is shared by the vizier to Shahrazad to talk her out of her plan. The tale starts one day when the merchant farmer heard his ox complaining to the donkey regarding… Continue reading Arabian Literature: an overview using a tale
Many people, especially those who came from older generations, may think of modern teens as rebellious, insecure, insensitive and incompetent. However, with our current era, it is undeniable that youths dominate the changes contributed to our society. We have Amanda Gorman, Angela Zhang, Allison Bick, Dylan Mahalingam and Dexter Yang: these youths proved that “Ang… Continue reading Young People’s Power
The first seven texts that are discussed in relation to English Literature successfully explored an array of aspects of the human experience. Each text is deeply rooted in the period where it was written and published but still can resonate until today. From heroism to corruption, love and death, every theme in each text established… Continue reading POV: You’re an English major who presents an glimpse of English (and American) Literature
Carmen Guerrero Nakpil is one of the country’s prominent feminist writers. One of her essays The Filipino Woman: Cory and Leonor, Gabriela and Imelda Nakpil beautifully curated the archetypes of a Filipino woman during her time. I must agree that her usage of Cory Aquino, Leonor Rivera, Gabriela Silang and Imelda Marcos truly depicted the… Continue reading Reimagining a Filipina
Africa by David Diop (1956) infused personification; hence, the reader may perceive that the speaker of the poem is directly conversing to Africa. Africa in this poem is redefined to be a person of color who both suffered and hoped as they progress through time. The poem highlights a macro-view of the rich socio-historical features… Continue reading Poem Analysis: Africa by David Diop
As a writer, I always consider myself as one of the contributors to the flourishing of Literature. Whenever I think of it or share insights about it, I always refer Literature as a food. This art form, like a food, is created to be consumed. Literature emerges as soon as the writing system started to… Continue reading Literature: the why and why not?
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