Author: Damiana L. Eugenio
Publisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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Philippine Folk Literature: The Epics presents 23 folk epics collected from some 14 ethnolinguistic groups in the country. This is the eighth volume being added to the original 7-volume Philippine Folk Literature Series. Folk epics are long heroic narratives in verse which recount the adventures of tribal heroes and in the process express the customs, beliefs, and ideals of the people who sing them. The introductory essay, The Philippine Folk Epic, gives a detailed discussion of the features and characteristics of Philippine folk epics--their geographic distribution; epic singing and singers; the epic hero, his adventures and his outstanding qualities; epic conventions; dominant motifs; and the customs, beliefs, and values expressed in them. The epics are arranged in geographic order from north to south, starting with Lam-ang (Northern. Luzon), then to Labaw Donggon (Visayas), and on to Mindanao, w the greatest number of our folk epics come from (Tuwaang, Agyu, Bantugan, etc.). A distinctive feature of Philippine epic literature is that while other countries have one national epic hero, e.g., England's Beowulf, Spain's El Cid, etc., the Philippines has no national epic hero but more than a dozen tribal epic heroes. This volume thus gives the reader an opportunity to get acquainted with these folk epic heroes and the values and ideals they stand for. As in the other volumes in the Philippine Folk Literature Series, the selections are given in English translation, but a sampling of the text in the original language is given at the beginning of each selection.
Author: Artemio R. Guillermo
Publisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Epic Tales of the Philippines is an anthology of epic stories, retold in narrative form, from original ballads and poems of major tribal groups of the country. Hitherto unpublished and published epics are expertly compiled and edited for individual reading and an invaluable source in the study of Philippine folkloristics and Asian literature.
Author: Jovita Ventura Castro
Publisher: Quezon City, Philippines : ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Author: Mellie Leandicho Lopez
Publisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9789715425148
Category : Folk literature, Philippine
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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The voluminous book provides a range of international theories and methodologies in analytical folklore investigations, and a classification scheme based on genre is offered as the system of taxonomy for Philippine traditional materials. Lopez counts on the regional folklorists to refine the classification according to the texts of their respective areas. The different genres, too, are explained and examined in another part of Lopez's study. The reader will definitely find interesting and useful, the illustrative examples for each genre.
Author: Damiana L. Eugenio
Publisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9789715425360
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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This anthology presents a bird's-eye view of the whole range of Philippine folk literature.
Author: Victor Fernando R. Ocampo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999451458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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A commanding force for Southeast Asian speculative fiction, THE INFINITE LIBRARY AND OTHER STORIES reimagines the pasts, presents, and futures of Filipinos and the world around them. This first North American edition features a never-before-anthologized story. "Fantastic and lyrical, like glimpses into the infinite potential of the universe."-Ken Liu, author of THE PAPER MENAGERIE AND OTHER STORIES Shortlisted for the 2018 International Rubery Book Award. Making his North American debut, Victor Fernando R. Ocampo in The Infinite Library and Other Stories shows why Southeast Asian speculative fiction is a force to be reckoned with. From a mysteriously timeless interior of a map shop to a space elevator thousands of miles away from the metropole, these 18 stories masterfully straddle manifold layers of Filipino history, identity, and mythology, reconstructing the past and conjuring new futures for the nation and region at large. Ocampo's transnational consciousness brilliantly navigates class, colonialism, and gender in formal experimentations of winning ingenuity. Threaded by the motif of libraries and books, this deliciously enigmatic and labyrinthine collection showcases the infinite power of imagination to mend and make anew.
Author: Damiana L. Eugenio
Publisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Author: Maffeo Vegio
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674044616
Category : History
Languages : la
Pages : 272
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Maffeo Vegio (1407-1458) was the outstanding Latin poet of the first half of the fifteenth century. This volume includes Book XIII of Vergil's Aeneid, Vegio's famous continuation of the Roman epic, which was extremely popular in the later Renaissance, printed many times and translated into every major European language (and even into Scottish). It also contains three other epic works: Astyanax, based on an episode in the Iliad; The Golden Fleece (Vellum Aureum); and Antonias, a short epic based on the life of Saint Anthony of Egypt. Antonias is the first Christian epic of the Renaissance, a precursor of Milton's Paradise Lost. This volume contains the first modern editions of the Latin text of Antonias and Astyanax. Table of Contents: Introduction Book XIII of the Aeneid Astyanax The Golden Fleece Antoniad Appendix Note on the Text Notes to the Text Notes to the Translation Bibliography Index
Author: MA. Lourdes S. Bautista
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9622099475
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 425
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An overview and analysis of the role of English in the Philippines, the factors that led to its spread and retention, and the characteristics of Philippine English today.
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Publisher: Rex Bookstore, Inc.
ISBN: 9789712322907
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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