Criticism
A Poetics of the Literary Work
Let me begin with a general perspective on the mind, language, and the literary work, and end on our country’s literature.
The Detective in Philippine Detective Fiction: A Defiance of Popular Convention
When one talks about detective fiction the writers that immediately come to mind are: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha…
Pananalig at Pagpaparamdam sa mga Dula ni Floy Quintos
Tatangkaing basahin sa papel ang mga dula sa librong Floy Quintos: Collected Plays, Volumes 1 and 2—mga dulang naisulat at naitanghal mula…
Pagtatatag ng Tradisyon at Kumbensiyon: Ang Soap Opera sa Radio, 1922-1963
Ang soap opera, sa pagpapakilala rito sa bansa ng mga Americano sa midyum ng radyo, ay mahihiwatigang nahinuha at tinanggap batay sa…
Borrowed Plots, Local Stories: Medieval Temporalities and 1950s Film Adaptations of Korido-based Komiks Stories (Part 2)
Borrowed Plots, Local Stories: Medieval Temporalities and 1950s Film Adaptations of Korido-based Komiks Stories (Part 1)
This article examines three extant komiks series with extant film adaptations from the 1950s, namely: Sohrab at Rustum, Haring Solomon at Reyna…
The Pulse of the Text- Using Digital Tools for Closer Reading
Nobelistikong Kompulsiyon- Pagbasa sa Moog (1991)
Ang Pagbabalik ng Panitikan sa Puso ng Sambayanan
Contributors
Benigno P. Ramos, “Poeta Revolucionario”: Ang Responsibilidad ng Makata sa Gitna ng Krisis ng Ordeng Kolonyal
Sino ka’mo? Benigno Aquino? Hindi po, Benigno P. Ramos, ang manunulat.
A Different Jihad: Autobiographical Narratives of Three Philippine Muslim Women Writers
I started writing this paper more than twenty years ago, though I did not know it then. At that time, I was…
Transgressions and Transformations: Queer(ed) Spaces in Metro Manila as Rendered in Philippine Gay Poetry from English and in Filipino
According to Aaron Betsky in his seminal book, Queer Space: Architecture and Same Sex Desire, two qualities that characterize queer space is…
Quelling Disarray and Inscience: Altruistic Thralldom and Subject Formation in “The President of the Tribe” and “Sam-it and the Loom”
This essay is an exploration of the postcolonial notions of “White Love” and its attendant effects that are made manifest in the…
Flights and Fixations: Displacement and Urban Living in Isabelita Orlina Reyes’ Stories from the City
In a world that enables individual or mass migrations, people have become more tolerable to various cultures apart from their own.
E Ano Ngayon?: Pagbabaybay, Wika, Pagsasalin
Maglalatag sa papel na ito ng teorya ng wika na ituturing itong isang di-biyolohikal na anyo ng buhay.
Transient Spaces, Transitory Relations: The Accesoria in Peque Gallaga’s Scorpio Nights (1985)
In the city, there are characters and stories that are often overlooked. From placid mornings to the midday chaos, lethargic afternoons and…
Ang Panitikan sa Panahon ng AlDub*
Mula sa pagiging isang bahagi lamang ng kalyeseryeng pinamagatang “Juan for All, All for Juan,” sa programang “Eat Bulaga,” naging isang penomenal…
Awestruck with Agency: Mark Andy Garcia’s The Attack of the Righteous*
When one looks at the latest works of Mark Andy Garcia, particularly those in Recent Works (Ayala Artist Space, June 2015) and…
Introduction
This volume of TOMÁS is devoted to a collection of…
General Introduction
This year, the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary…
Stepping Forward at 400: The Literary Production of UST
15 Stepping Forward at 400 The Literary Production of UST – Bienvenido Lumbera
Reinscriptions of the 1899 US Philippine War in Philippine American Fiction
Magaling Datapoua: Ang Dating at Galing sa Estetika ng Ating Panitikan
Literature and Religion
