A gynocritic reading of five stories by Marianne Villanueva in Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila
Date of Publication
1999
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Literature
Subject Categories
English Language and Literature
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Literature
Abstract/Summary
This thesis is an analysis of five short stories by Marianne Villanueva namely Overseas , Ginseng , Opportunity , Grandmother , and Siko taken from the anthology Ginseng and Other Tales From Manila. Using Elaine Showalter's Theory of Gynocritics that is concerned in studying specifically women writers and women readers, this research was able to show how the author portrayed her women characters in each story in relation with the kind of environment or society they have. By following the objectives stated in the first part of this paper, it was possible to make several generalizations regarding Villanueva's perception of women's roles and status in the five short stories. Villanueva revealed her feminist side by justifying the muted-culture of women seen in their weakness and passiveness as the central female characters' way of exhibiting inner strength of character before a male-dominated society. Though she portrayed her female characters in a way that one may call traditional because of certain stereotypical traits, she still achieved the final effect of portraying women as the stronger and more emotionally stable gender that men through the female characters' ideas, thoughts and actions.
Abstract Format
html
Language
Others
Format
Accession Number
TU09413
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
58 leaves; 28 cm.
Recommended Citation
Osias, P. A. (1999). A gynocritic reading of five stories by Marianne Villanueva in Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1701