Torrecarion: A novel

Date of Publication

2001

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Subject Categories

Creative Writing

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Literature

Thesis Adviser

Cirilo F. Bautista

Defense Panel Chair

Buenaventura S. Medina, Jr.

Defense Panel Member

Francisco Sionil Jose
Connie Jan Maraan

Abstract/Summary

Torrecarion is a 250-page novel in English, which comprises the first installment of a series of novels tentatively entitled The Education of Datu Manyabog . This novel traces the end of the downfall of the Torrecarion family of Latagon, revolving around the peculiar circumstances surrounding George Torrecarion's death. This masteral thesis includes a process narrative essay detailing the creation of the project and the author's thoughts on the creative process and fiction writing. After suffering what appears to be a nervous breakdown, George Torrecarion holes up on his ancestral farmland, Hacienda Dimas. While undertaking an excavation in one of the farm buildings, he seriously wounds himself. As his foot turns grangrenous, he begins to write a confession explaining his actions. His confession digresses and circles around the topic, and occupies the better part of the time he spends on the farm. His wife Margie, not hearing from him for three months, summons their youngest son Rafael to return to Latagon from Metro Manila and retrieve George from Dimas.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TG03157

Shelf Location

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

Physical Description

265 leaves ; 28 cm.

Keywords

Fiction; Plots (Drama; novel; etc); Writing

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