Re-presenting Filipino popular culture: A postmodern reading of selected short stories by Rolando Tolentino
Date of Publication
2005
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Literature
Subject Categories
Comparative Literature
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Literature
Thesis Adviser
Ma. Teresa Wright
Defense Panel Member
Anne Frances Sangil
Grace Alfon
Abstract/Summary
This is a critical thesis that uses Linda Hutcheon's theory of Postmodernism, mainly her take on parody, to illustrate Rolando Tolentino's molding of Filipino popular culture in his stories. This thesis also utilizes Rolando Tolentino's view of popular culture in the Philippines as seen in his other books on pop culture as background.
The paper focuses mainly on the images of pop culture that manifests itself in the text and how it re-contextualizes them and in effect, shows something about the present Filipino culture. Each story parodies a certain facet of Filipino popular culture. These are:
1. Fastfood culture
2. Political and Academic culture
3. Malling culture
The silence of the characters in each of the stories is also given emphasis in the analysis.
There is also a chapter dedicated to Megamall. It analyzes the effects and implications it has in the texts.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU13724
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
iv, 93 leaves ; 28 cm.
Keywords
Short stories; Philippine--Collections
Recommended Citation
Bustamante, K. Y. (2005). Re-presenting Filipino popular culture: A postmodern reading of selected short stories by Rolando Tolentino. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/2120
