The alterity in Philippine culture: Finding the real in Vicente Groyon's On Cursed Ground and Other Stories
Date of Publication
2014
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Literature
Subject Categories
Fiction
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Literature
Abstract/Summary
This paper presents a psychoanalytic study of selected short stories from Vicente Garcia Groyon's first short story collection, On Cursed Ground and Other Stories, through Catherine Belsey's Theory of Culture. This framework studies culture in relation to Jacques Lacan's concept of the Real which enables one to interrogate the unknown yet existing aspects of culture. In light of this framework, this paper aims to identify the main Subjects' different encounters with the Real and how these instances alter the stories' discourse on culture. This paper elicits that Groyon's stories allow the resistance against the common perception that culture is foundational. This becomes possible as the Subjects continue to desire as a response to the lack brought about by the Symbolic Order.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU20450
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
leaves ; 28 cm.
Recommended Citation
Rivera, K. (2014). The alterity in Philippine culture: Finding the real in Vicente Groyon's On Cursed Ground and Other Stories. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/2675
