Date of Publication
4-2026
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Literature major in Creative Writing
Subject Categories
Creative Writing | Fiction
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Literature, Department of
Thesis Advisor
Genevieve L. Asenjo
Defense Panel Member
Mary Jessel B. Duque
Germilina M. Santos
Abstract (English)
The tragedy of mothers and daughters is that they mirror each other. The Anamorphosis of Love: Stories contributes to the genre and tradition of feminist magical realism in the Philippines by using magic as a means of disrupting the daughter’s static image of the mother as they walk into womanhood in a patriarchal society. This creative writing project contains three short stories from the perspective of three different generations of women, all connected by a magical mirror that reveals a reframed memory from their past or their future, that then reshapes their present. These stories present mothers and daughters as not just references but also as inversions and subversions of each other. Ultimately, The Anamorphosis of Love: Stories is a work that will ask how to love and be loved, as mothers and daughters do.
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Abstract (Filipino)
Ang trahedya ng mga anak na babae at ang kanilang mga ina ay sinasalamin nila ang isa’t isa. The Anamorphosis of Love: Stories ay umaambag sa dyanra at tradisyon ng Feminist Magical Realism sa Pilipinas sa paraan ng paggamit ng mahika para patiran ang statik na imahe ng anak na babae sa kanyang ina sa pagpasok niya sa pagkababae sa loob ng patriyarkal na lipunan. Ang proyektong ito ay naglalaman ng tatlong maikling kwento mula sa pananaw ng tatlong henerasyon ng babae, na konektado sa pamamagitan ng isang mahiwagang salamin na nagpapakita ng mga alaala mula sa kanilang nakaraan o hinaharap, na mag-iiba sa kanilang kasalukuyan. Ipinapakita ng mga kwento na ito na ang mga mag-ina ay hindi lamang mga reperensya, kung hindi ang pagbabaliktad at subersyon ng isa’t isa. Sa pangkalahatan, ang The Anamorphosis of Love: Stories ay isang katha na tinatanong ang kung paano ba magmahal at tumanggap ng pagmamahal, sa paraan ng ginagawa ng mga mag-ina.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Electronic
Keywords
Short stories, Philippine (English); Motherhood; Mothers and daughters; Feminism in literature
Recommended Citation
Galarpe, P. M. (2026). The anamorphosis of love: Stories. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_lit/9
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4-13-2026
