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