Aglipay as a revolutionary priest? : A semiotic reading of Alfredo Navarro Salanga's Fragments from the journal of Obispo Gregorio Aglipay
Date of Publication
1992
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Literature
Subject Categories
Comparative Literature
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Literature
Honor/Award
Awarded as best thesis, 1992
Thesis Adviser
Gerardo Z. Torres
Defense Panel Chair
Cirilo F. Bautista
Defense Panel Member
Teresita E. Erestain
David Jonathan Y. Bayot,
Abstract/Summary
As a writer Alfredo Navarro Salanga is undoubtedly distinguished not only for his works in journalism but also with his creative writings, particularly poetry and novels. Distinct in Salanga's literary works is his interest with the leading figure of the Independent Church of the Philippines, Gregorio Aglipay. His rendition of Aglipay as a poetic persona covers a thorough consideration of the historical accounts about the conception of the schismatic church, an offshoot of the turbulent period of the Revolutionary Movement. The poem Fragments from the Journal of Obispo Gregorio Aglipay is the longest religious verse penned by Salanga which hitherto a study has not been made. Thus taking this vacuum as an opportunity for a critical study, the analysis of the poem is made within the framework of Riffaterre's poetic semiotics, a sign-oriented approach to criticism which proposes the discovery in the poem of the different signifying units and their central focus in order to satisfy an end goal of the analysis. In the study, a collection of signs is analyzed to serve as a basis in comparatively determining whether Aglipay, as written by Salanga, is a revolutionary priest or a religious reformer.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU05922
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
ii, 111 leaves ; 28 cm.
Keywords
Semiotics; Criticism
Recommended Citation
Mojica, R. B. (1992). Aglipay as a revolutionary priest? : A semiotic reading of Alfredo Navarro Salanga's Fragments from the journal of Obispo Gregorio Aglipay. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_honors/50