PHILIPPINES

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Si Mabuti IS WRITTEN BY:

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Genoveva Edroza-Matute

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In 1980, she was the head of the Philippine Normal College under the
Department of Filipino, and Dean of Instruction and is also a known Feminist

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Genoveva Edroza-Matute

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Genoveva Edroza-Matute was a:

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retired teacher

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Genoveva Edroza-Matute received four __ for her creative works

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PALANCA AWARDS

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Who are the characters in the story Si Mabuti by Genoveva Edroza-Matute?

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 Si Mabuti
 Narrator
 Mag-aaral
 Anak na babae
 Ama ng anak ni Mabuti

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“__ is not created in a vacuum; it is the work not simply of a person, but of an author
fixed in time and space, answering a community of which he is an important, articulate part.

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art

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who stated “Art is not created in a vacuum; it is the work not simply of a person, but of an author
fixed in time and space, answering a community of which he is an important, articulate part.”

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Wilbur Scott

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Perspectives in the story Si Mabuti by Genoveva Edroza-Matute

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 Feminism
 New Historicism
 Queer Theory
 Historicism
 Post-Colonialism
 Marxism

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SI MABUTI BY GENOVEVA MATUTE
Exposition:
Rising Action:
Climax:
Falling action:
Denouement:
Conflict:

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Plot
Exposition: the whereabouts of Mabuti
Rising Action: the encounter of the narrator and Mabuti
Climax: when the father of Mabuti’s daugther was mentioned
Falling action:
Denouement: narrator’s realization
Conflict: Man vs Himself

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concerned with “the ways in which literature (and other cultural productions)
reinforce or undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological
oppression of women”

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Feminism

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WHO STATED THAT FEMINISM is concerned with “the ways in which literature (and other cultural productions)
reinforce or undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological
oppression of women

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Tyson, 1983

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deals with the cultural context during the writing of the piece of literature.

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New Historicism

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This approach interprets literature for its meaning or idea in a particular socio- historical atmosphere

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New Historicism

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novelist ,storyteller, dramaturge, interpreter, professor of literature, creative
writing, language and translation

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Rogelio Sikat

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Rogelio Sikat was a was a professor at __

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UP Diliman

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former Dean of the College of Arts and LIterature in UP 1991-1994

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ROGELIO SIKAT

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ROGELIO SIKAT Notable works:

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 Impeng Negro (1962)
 Tata Selo
 Moses, Moses

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AWARDS WON BY ROGELIO SIKAT

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 Won the Palanca Awards, 2nd prize for Filipino Short Stories (1963)

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Rogelio Sikat was Published in the anthology “__” in (year)

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“Mga Agos sa Disyerto” in 1965

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A perspective under the umbrella of linguistic context that focuses on the
language used in the literary work and how it is used to convey meaning

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Formalism/ New Criticism

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it is concerned exclusively with the text in isolation from the world, author, or
reader

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Formalism/ New Criticism

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Tata Selo - Plot Structure: Supplies exposition thru ___

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Supplies exposition thru flashbacks or conversations

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Tata Selo - Plot Structure: “In medias res” means __

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“in the midst of things”

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Point of view/ Narration of TATA SELO

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Third person point of view
A. Third-person omniscient point of view
B. Third-person limited omniscient (close third)
C. Third-person objective

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TATA SELO BY ROGELIO SIKAT: Setting

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 Sakahan
 Istaked
 Munisipyo

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TATA SELO BY ROGELIO SIKAT: Characters

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 Tata Selo
 binatang mayaman
 Kabesang Tano
 mga pulis
 Alkalde o Presidente
 kahanggan ni Tata Selo
 Hepe
 Saling

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refers to all literature from the Philippines, written in Spanish, English, Tagalog, and a variety of other Philippine languages, and that we can stem to foreign usurpation and to our country as an archipelago.

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Philippine literature

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Most of the notable literature of the Philippines was written during the __

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Spanish period

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during the Spanish colonization philippine lit underwent __ where majority of our literature were written in spanish and was focused on the spread of Christianity and catechism.

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paradigm shift

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various Filipino writers and interpreters who define literature in their views as citizens of the Philippines:

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Zeus Salazar is a Filipino professor, historian and writer who spent most of his teaching career at the Department of History at the University of the Philippines-Diliman

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He added that it was a powerful tool that could free one of the rushing ideas to escape. For him, it is also a unique human experience unique to mankind.

His statement was based on the revolutionary period where literature played a big part in opening the eyes of the Filipino people.

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Zeus Salazar

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Pulitzer Prize of the philippines

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PALANCA

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What point of view is used in Si Mabuti?

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First person point of view is used in the story. It can be cited in the start of the story.
From the first sentence of the story,“Hindi ko siya nakikita ngayon.” it can be concluded that it is in the first person point of view.
The writer narrates the story from her perspective.

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Who is telling the story SI MABUTI?

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The student, (the name is not mentioned in the story)
The writer of the story is the one who’s telling the story. She is Genoveva Edroza-Matute. The story is being narrated by her.

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Why is GENOVEVA MATUTE TELLING THE STORY (SI MABUTI)?

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The writer is telling the story because she now realized the reason why Mabuti was also at that one corner of library to cry and why she never speak about the father of her child.
She was inspired by the strong personality of Mabuti as a woman.
She’s telling not only a story but the reality of life.
secret grief
They are persons who experiences secret grief and discovers secret happiness.
for us to know that we are not only the one who’s experiencing sadness and pain.

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How is the story told? What technique is used?

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The author narrates the story. It is told by recalling the important circumstances happened in her life. (FLASHBACK)

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the part of the story where a character solves a main problem, often part of the climax

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resolution

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what happens at the very end of the story

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denouement

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help readers have a deeper understanding on a literary text, also it aid the readers to fully comprehend the views and values of the author as well as the overall meaning of a text.

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Contextual Reading Approaches

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the idea that language, is not existing in isolation, it is closely linked to the culture and society in which it is used

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Sociocultural

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looks at the time in which a piece was written to determine how it was interpreted by its contemporaries.

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Old Historicism

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demonstrates how a literary work reflects ideas and attitudes of the time in which it was written. (DiYanni 1565).

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New Historicism

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What Filipino Culture can we perceived in the story SI MABUTI?

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conservatism