Barbed wire: A contextual study of poems by four political prisoners in the Philippines
Date of Publication
4-5-2004
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Language and Literature Major in Literature
Subject Categories
Poetry
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Literature
Thesis Adviser
Paz Verdades M. Santos
Defense Panel Chair
Bienvenido L. Lumbera
Defense Panel Member
Janet Tauro Batuigas
Gerardo Z. Torres
Abstract/Summary
Barbed Wire: A Contextual Study of Poems by Four Political Prisoners in the Philippines sheds light on the poems included in the anthologies Why Cage Pigeons? by Mila Aguilar, Moon’s Face and Other Poems by Alan Jazmines, Alab: Mga Tula by Edgar Maranan, and Prison and Beyond by Jose Maria Sison. The lives of these poets have been discussed, and their poems have been categorized according to their themes. The six main classifications are A Barbed-Wire Existence, The Guiding Light, The Detained Society, The Detained Society’s Response; The Poet, the Pen, and Imprisonment; and The Triumph of Battered Lives. The personal and socio-historical contexts of these poems are provided through the interviews which were conducted with the four writers and through library research.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Electronic
Accession Number
CDTG003682
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Keywords
Philippine poetry; Prisoners as authors; Political prisoners--Philippines
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Recommended Citation
Salita, G. B. (2004). Barbed wire: A contextual study of poems by four political prisoners in the Philippines. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/7007
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5-23-2023
