Tolentino‚ Fenina Gabrielle M. 11074523 January 8‚ 2013 Assignment #1 1. What are the different types of Literary Criticisms? * New Criticism / Formalism - This type of criticism concerns itself with the parts of a text and how the parts fit together to make a whole. Because of this‚ it does not bring in any information outside of the text: biography of the author‚ historical or literary allusions‚ mythological patterns‚ or the psychoanalytical traits of the characters (except those
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The Story of Philippine National Anthem The Philippine national anthem was composed by Julian Felipe in spanish‚ The lone surviving revolutionary member of the “13 Martyrs of Cavite”‚ whose life was spared from the firing squad because of illness. Originally written as incidental music‚ it did not have words when it was adopted as the National Anthem of the Philippines. When General Aguinaldo came back from Hong Kong in June 5‚ 1898‚ he brought with him a musical piece composed by another Filipino
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that led the Philippines to a better position. The image of Filipino women has been very well represented through literary works by local authors like Paz Latorena (The Small Key)‚ Amador T. Daguio (Wedding Dance)‚ Arturo B. Rotor (Zita)‚ Paz Marquez-Benitez (Dead Stars)‚ Aida Rivera-Ford Love in the Cornhusks)‚ Kerima Polotan-Tuvera (The Virgin)‚ Estrella D. Alfon (Magnificence)‚ and Gilda Cordero-Fernando (The Visitation of the Gods). Soledad from “Small Key” best represents women who are married
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Summary: SCENT OF APPLES by Bienvenido Santos (In which I display my mediocrity. The author‚ Mr. Santos‚ was asked to speak before an audience in Kalamazoo‚ MI one October when the war was still on. On the same night he met another Filipino – Celestino Fabia‚ a farmer. Mr. Santos was surprised to see a man who travelled really long just to hear him talk. In the course of the discussion‚ the man asked‚ in sporadically incorrect English‚ how the Filipino women of today were different from the stereotype
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DEAD STARS The story of Dead Stars‚ written by Paz Marquez Benitez in 1925‚ revolves around love among three people: Alfredo‚ Esperanza‚ and Julia. Alfredo Salazar‚ a lawyer on his early thirties then‚ was betrothed to Esperanza‚ whom he loved so much in his youth–Esperanza‚ who was beautiful‚ reserved‚ elegant‚ and distinctly not average. They were about to be wedded the following month‚ May‚ after about four years of engagement‚ although Alfredo seemed uncertain of his real wants. It is
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Jose Garcia Villa (August 5‚ 1908 – February 7‚ 1997) was a Filipino poet‚ literary critic‚ short story writer‚ and painter. He was awarded the National Artist of the Philippines title for literature in 1973‚ as well as the Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing by Conrad Aiken. He is known to have introduced the "reversed consonance rime scheme" in writing poetry‚ as well as the extensive use of punctuation marks—especially commas‚ which made him known as the Comma Poet. He used the penname Doveglion (derived
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others believed he died of rabies. Dr. Snodgrass believed the alcoholism theory‚ but Dr. Benitez believed it was rabies that killed Poe. It is most likely Poe died of encephalitic rabies because he had all the symptoms of rabies. Based on expert opinion Poe couldn’t have died of alcoholism. “Poe may have had problems with alcohol as a younger man… but by the time he died at forty he almost always avoided it” (Benitez 188). Even though Poe drank when he was younger he had stopped by the time of his death
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Baltimore when he died. The first major theory is that he died from rabies. Dr. R. Michael Benitez‚ a cardiologist says that Poe was seen in a bar in October 1849‚ not drunk‚ but possibly wearing someone else’s ruined clothes (Benitez). According to Benitez‚ Poe entered the hospital unconscious from falling. The next day he could not remember falling. Poe began to become confused and belligerent (Benitez). Benitez believed it was a case of rabies. He couldn’t drink water which was a side effect of rabies
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5. Frustrated Wish (Carolina Arceo) 6. Ridiculous Welcome (Carolina Arceo) 7. The Old Things and New ( 8. But the Western Stars (Angela Manalang Gloria) 9. Two Brothers (Rony Diaz) 10. Youth (Maximo Ramos) 11. A Night in the Hills (Paz Marquez Benitez) 12. The Small key (Paz Latorena) The Last Chantey "And there was no more sea." Thus said The Lord in the Vault above the Cherubim Calling to the Angels and the Souls in their degree: "Lo ! Earth
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Poe‚ a Man of Mystery EN1320 Danielle Waters April 21‚ 2013 Edgar Allan Poe’s life from beginning to end was shrouded in turmoil and touched with mystery. He was a curious man in life that left much mystery in the wake of his passing. Several theories exist but there is no absolute answer to Poe’s untimely death. He was born January 19‚ 1908 in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ orphaned at the age of three when his mother passed away and then “went to live with John and Frances Allan‚ a successful
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