Thresholds: A collection of coming-of-age essays
Date of Publication
2009
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
Ronald Baytan
Defense Panel Chair
Paz Verdades M. Santos
Defense Panel Member
David Jonathan Y. Bayot
Abstract/Summary
This creative nonfiction thesis will involve coming-of-age essays employing the framework indicated by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, and Philip Gerard. This dissertation will present the history of creative nonfiction in the Philippines, and its evolution. Following are the authors coming-of-age stories which illustrate the innocence associated with childhood, the transition to adulthood, and the enlightenment that append growing up, the first being the authors personal discovery of literature. The second essay will be about his first encounter with death. The third will be about the vanity of an imagined relationship. The fourth essay will be about the authors search for brotherhood and camaraderie, and finally, the fifth essay will be about the odyssey of finding belongingness.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU15489
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
93 leaves ; 28cm.
Keywords
Essays
Recommended Citation
Corsiga, C. (2009). Thresholds: A collection of coming-of-age essays. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/2530