Wednesday, November 23, 2011
May Day Eve
The "May Day Eve" is a short story written by Famous Filipino National Artist Nick Joaquin. Together with Joaquin's other stories like The Mass of St. Sylvester, Doña Jeronima and Candido’s Apocalypse, May Day Eve utilized the theme of "magic realism" long before the genre was made a trend in Latin American novels. The major characters in May Day Eve are Badoy, Agueda, Anastasia,Agueda's daughter, and Voltaire (Badoy's grandson). Agueda and Badoy have different personalities. Agueda was described to be a bold, liberated, and a non-conformist young woman who was “ahead of her time”. The plot of the storty begun As Don Badoy Montoya visited his old home at Intramuros, Manila, memories of his youth came back and ended the tragedy of the story is Badoy’s heart forgot how he loved Agueda in the past. They were not able to mend their broken marriage because their love was a “raging passion and nothing more”.. The Tanghalang Ateneo of the Ateneo de Manila, under the direction of Alberto S. Florentino, also adapted Joaquin's May Day Eve.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Philippine Literatures
Here are the list of Famous Philippine Literatures:
"Literature and Society" (1940) by Salvador P. López; "The Wound and the Scar" (1937) by Arturo Rotor, a collection of stories; Zoilo Galang’s A Child of Sorrow (1921), the first Filipino novel in English, and Box of Ashes and Other Stories (1925), the first collection of stories in book form; Filipino Poetry (1924) by Rodolfo Dato; Poems (1940) by Angela Manalang-Gloria; "Winds of April" (1940) by N. V. M. Gonzalez; Villa’s Footnote to Youth: Tales of the Philippines and Others (1933); Chorus for America: Six Philippine Poets (1942) by Carlos Bulosan; Jose Garcia Villa’s Many Voices (1939) and Poems of Doveglion (1941); "His Native Soil" (1941) by Juan C. Laya; "The Wound and the Scar" (1937) by Arturo Rotor, a collection of stories; Noli Me Tangere; Florante at Laura; Ibong Adarna; Dekada '70; Sampaguitas, poesias varias; Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas; Hinilawod; A lo largo del camino; Perfil de cresta and Bantugan.
"Literature and Society" (1940) by Salvador P. López; "The Wound and the Scar" (1937) by Arturo Rotor, a collection of stories; Zoilo Galang’s A Child of Sorrow (1921), the first Filipino novel in English, and Box of Ashes and Other Stories (1925), the first collection of stories in book form; Filipino Poetry (1924) by Rodolfo Dato; Poems (1940) by Angela Manalang-Gloria; "Winds of April" (1940) by N. V. M. Gonzalez; Villa’s Footnote to Youth: Tales of the Philippines and Others (1933); Chorus for America: Six Philippine Poets (1942) by Carlos Bulosan; Jose Garcia Villa’s Many Voices (1939) and Poems of Doveglion (1941); "His Native Soil" (1941) by Juan C. Laya; "The Wound and the Scar" (1937) by Arturo Rotor, a collection of stories; Noli Me Tangere; Florante at Laura; Ibong Adarna; Dekada '70; Sampaguitas, poesias varias; Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas; Hinilawod; A lo largo del camino; Perfil de cresta and Bantugan.
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