Date of Publication

4-18-1991

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Arts in Language and Literature Major in Literature

Subject Categories

South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Literature

Thesis Adviser

Isagani R. Cruz

Defense Panel Chair

Buenaventura Medina

Defense Panel Member

Loline Antillon
Ester Daroy

Abstract/Summary

Delfin Fresnosa was one of the prolific short story writers of the Thirties whose works often made it to Jose Garcia Villa's annual Roll of Honor. Unlike his fellow Veronicans Francisco Arcellana and N.V.M. Gonzalez, however, Fresnosa has not received much attention from students of Philippine literature mainly because not much is known about him and only a few of his short stories have been anthologized.This study seeks to gain greater recognition for Fresnosa and his craft by presenting a literary biography and a critical edition of his extant works.In preparing the critical edition, this researcher followed closely the guidelines set for textual criticism by Fredson Bowers (1966) which Ronal McKerrow earlier demonstrated in his 5-volume critical edition of the works of Thomas Nasche (1904-1910).This edition of Fresnosa's writings is made up of 74 short stories, one novelette, 12 folktales retold/children's stories, and 18 essays. They are annotated, the annotations being data on their publications, explanations of allusions, translations of foreign and vernacular expressions, as well as collations and emendations. They are grouped according to genre and arranged chronologically. Accompanying the critical edition is an annotated bibliography of the author's works.
It is hoped that the same attention given to Fresnosa be accorded other Filipino writers, particularly his fellow Veronicans. Only with the establishment of the authentic or authoritative texts can proper critical analysis and evaluation be made of their works.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TG02143

Shelf Location

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

Physical Description

891 leaves

Keywords

Delfin Fresnosa--Criticism and interpretation

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