The sweet and the sour: A Kristevan analysis of Marivi Soliven's The Mango Bride as melodrama

Date of Publication

2017

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

Josefina Baui

Defense Panel Member

Cris Barbra Pe
Clarissa Militante
Carlos M. Piocos, III

Abstract/Summary

This study examines Marivi Soliven's novel, entitled The mango bride, by tracing its melodramatic elements and reading them along the novel's female protagonists using Julia Kristeva's concept of the semiotic and the symbolic. This will be done by taking into account The mango bride's features including the set-up and the characters, and its approach which is reminiscent of a soap opera/telenovela. In positing the novel's structure as melodrama, this study will also argue whether its feminsit motivation is successful through Kristeva's notion.

Marivi Soliven's The mango bride is the winner of the Palanca Award for the Novel category in 2011 under the title of In the service of secrets. It tells the story of two women who both travelled to Oakland, California because of personal reasons, hopeful that they will find a better and happier life abroad. Under certain circumstances, they cross paths, and soon, a major secret about their past begins to unfold.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU21778

Shelf Location

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

Physical Description

48 leaves ; 29 cm.

Keywords

Philippine literature--History and criticism

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