Haunting and soul-searching: Primi as national personification in Gina Apostol Bibliolepsy

Date of Publication

2013

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

David Jonathan Y. Bayot

Defense Panel Chair

Antonette T. Arogo

Defense Panel Member

Dinah R. Sianturi

Abstract/Summary

This thesis is a study of Gina Apostol Bibliolepsy, a novel written in the form of a memoir told by a woman afflicted with a fictional disease called bibliolepsy. In her memoir, she graphs with the acceptance of her missing parents as she pieces together the flimsy narrative of her questionably factual past. The entire memoir would be seen as a commentary on literary historiography, thus making Primi, the main character, a national personification that embodies the history of the Philippines.

The study will study the novel alongside Mojares concept of the haunting of the Filipino writer so it could hope to shed light on how Primi as a character and a national personification operates around the Marcos presidency and Martial Law, and what it should mean for Filipino writers.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU18259

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

38 leaves ; 28 cm.

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