Philippine Canonical writers Flashcards
The story that focuses on the debilitating effect of the colonial rule in the formation of the Filipino identity
The God Stealer by F. Sionil Jose
The settings of the story ‘Zita’
Anayat
The main character from ‘zita’
Mr. Reteche
The messenger in Zita
Turong
The lead female character in the story, Waywaya
Dayaw
The main character in ‘Dead stars’
Alfredo Salazar
The wife of Leon in Arguilla’s story
Maria
The main characters in May Day Eve
Badoy and Agueda
The main feature in the story ‘May Day Eve’
A mirror that can look into the future and the past
Fiance of A. Salazar in the ‘Dead stars’
Esperanza
Book of Paz Benitez
Book Dead Stars
Celebrates women as they are the ones who carry the child
Tatarin Festival
The bull in Arguilla’s story
Labang
The young-girl from out of town in the ‘dead stars’
Julia Salas
- Just as the fantastic and magical elements are presented as normal, the standard structure of reality is put into question.
- encompass a few different functions of fantastic elements in stories that are unwilling to confirm or deny for the reader that these elements exist in its world.
Magical realism
He focused on uncovering the Filipino identity in his stories and dreams of aPhilippines that is free from the influences of its colonizers.
F. Sionil Jose
Book of Manuel E. Arguilla
How my Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife
The song in Arguilla’s story
Leon sang ‘sky sown with stars’
Main characters of N.J.’s Summer Solstice
Paeng and Lupeng
Characters of the God stealer
Philip Latak, Ifugao
Sam Christie, American colleague
Book of Arturo Rotor
Zita
The main characters from the story of Arguilla
Baldo, the younger brother of Leon and the narrator
The story of N. Joaqin that became a pioneer of magical realism
May Day Eve
The setting of the story of M.E. Arguilla
Nagrebcan, Buang, La Union (where the author was born)
