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
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
Recommended Citation
Allarde, T. (2017). The sweet and the sour: A Kristevan analysis of Marivi Soliven's The Mango Bride as melodrama. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/2916