As a short story imposing a hidden crime which captured the interests of most readers by making a... more As a short story imposing a hidden crime which captured the interests of most readers by making a surprising type of murder, A Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe became an eye for much readers of suspense or thriller type literary works. The characters in the story - both Fortunato and Montresor - makes the whole text revolving but through Systemic Functional Grammar, following ideational and interpersonal metalanguage analysis, it was found the surprising element underlying the text. Hence, through the participants, auxiliaries and verbs, modality, and vocatives included in the descriptions of Montresor to himself and Fortunato and the speech of the two characters, Edgar Allan Poe’s A Cask of Amontillado was able to pose itself as a short story deviating from the usual character proposition as Montresor, the narrator, being the antagonist and Fortunato being the protagonist.
Considered as one of the greatest poets in the country is Jose Garcia Villa who became a National... more Considered as one of the greatest poets in the country is Jose Garcia Villa who became a National Artist for Literature in 1973. Also, he “introduced reversed consonance rhyme scheme” in a poem. Hence, Villa was known for creating poems in an innovative yet poetic way (National Commission on Culture and the Arts, 2015). So, one of these poems are First, A Poem Must Be Magical which is a 14 liner poem. Hence, by looking up that Villa is known for creating poems in a different way, the included text might be a proof of this writer’s activity. Thus, through semantico-syntactic deviations, grammatical repetitions and unparallelisms, lexical repetitions, and phonological patterns, Jose Garcia Villa succeeded in creating his own format of a sonnet as a descriptive type of literature by deviating from the usual way in writing a literary text.
The act of choosing can mean that an individual has the power to manifest his/her own decision. T... more The act of choosing can mean that an individual has the power to manifest his/her own decision. This also explains Jean Paul-Sartre's Theory of Existentialism that a person has his own free-will to do things because he is a human born with liberty. Hence, the freedom of human beings to make choices, is institutionalized in every act he/she may do (Duka, 1999 in Dela Cruz, Diaz, & Erispe, 2018). Yet, this freedom to choose was not neither seen in Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken nor contributed to the poem's primary motif, decision-making. Thus, the poem only elaborates the persona's overthinking about what decision he will do, even though he made a tiny move to making his last decision then hesitates on the latter part, but he totally does not totally decide at all and remain struggling.
As a cartoon series presenting the mysticism of the world, Avatar The Last Air bender as shown by... more As a cartoon series presenting the mysticism of the world, Avatar The Last Air bender as shown by Nickelodeon captured the eye of interest for lots of its viewers, both the young and the old, and men and women. They believed that making the world truly involved with the spiritual meaning or reality subjects all to the ultimate reality one must discern, which is binding human to nature. Also, it is also perceived that the said cartoon series indeed exhibit how the protagonist, a 12 year old Aang, venture to quest for his destiny with a water bender, Katara, and its brother, Soca, together with their pet friend, a lemur named Momo and Aang’s own bison, Appa, then suddenly joined by an earth bender, Toph, and the fire prince, Zuko. Nevertheless, they also argued that side by side with this, it is also the quest of Aang on being captivated with Katara. Using the archetypes underlying racial unconscious provided by Mythological-Archetypal Approach, it was found out that the cartoon series is indeed a piece of literature that reflects women empowerment. Through the archetypal characters of Toph as an earth bender, Princess Yue as the spirit of the Moon, Azula as a fire bender, and Katara as a water bender, Avatar The Last Air Bender was able to pose itself as a feminist story.
As a film revolving around the human mind of an individual, literary critics argued that the said... more As a film revolving around the human mind of an individual, literary critics argued that the said film is indeed a manifestation of Nina’s “psychic odyssey toward achieving artistic perfection “ (Bali, 2016). They also believed that Nina is experiencing lots of mental disorders such as anorexia which can be seen in the scene when she looks at a grapefruit and turns away the slice of cake her mother gives for their celebration of Nina getting the role and bulimia which can be seen when she always keeps on running to the wash room to throw up for her to be perfect as she was put under pressure. Hence, using psychological theories, most particularly of theories of personality, it was found out that the film is indeed a piece of literature that reflects the complexities of the mental personality of one’s self. Through Freud’s personality theory on 1923, the film Black Swan saw the psyche of the protagonist, Nina, as to how her Superego and Id are conquering on one another affecting her ego.
Shawn Mendez’s Treat you better was famous for its persona looking at a couple while the girl is ... more Shawn Mendez’s Treat you better was famous for its persona looking at a couple while the girl is experiencing domestic violence. Also, the persona in the said song is having a quite envy on the boy that he even compares himself to her guy who does not deserve her that the persona even reiterates “I can treat you better than he can.” Consequently, Edith L. Tiempo’s Lament for the littlest fellow primarily talks about a man who compared his wife to a marmoset or a monkey which, they think, kept looking at them. Thus, through defamiliarization techniques using metaphors in each of the lines, Tiempo’s poem basically declares the point of view of the woman, whom the persona in the mentioned song wanted to save from, making a poem which is expressing a sorrowful narrative of a hopeless man, like the song Treat you better by Shawn Mendez, waiting for a woman to be freed from her man’s life.
One of the most evident conditions throughout history is slavery. In America, slavery was practic... more One of the most evident conditions throughout history is slavery. In America, slavery was practiced from 17th to 18th century. Also, slaves were mostly gotten from African nations or poor European nations to become a labor force rather than being an indentured servants. But, slave rebellions, on one hand, had been created because of sudden patriotism widened in the mind of slaves however, supporters of slavery just proved with this act that balcks, mostly, were naturally barbaric, requiring them to indeed become a slave for discipline (Palmiere, 2012). Until much time, upholding slavery has reached its highest peak in its existence. This is when Civil War occurred in 1860 to 1865. The stated cause of the said war was the rigorous difference of free and slave states over the injustice of the national government to permit slavery in the territories that had not been classified as a state (American Battle Field, n.d.). Likewise, it can be considered that because of slavery of the Africans, racial discrimination is then related. The author, on the other hand, is said to be alive at the era where slavery has still been mandated and Civil War has begun. Moreover, Chopin’s Desiree’s Baby was published at the year of 1892. Hence, influenced by Kate Chopin’s personal accounts: (1) being an eye to her relatives’ agony at a young age, and (2) being affected by the American Civil War as a witness to racial discrimination in 1850s St. Louis (now Louisina), Desiree’s Baby introduces itself as a historical and biographical short story.
As great Greek Tragedies survived from surpassing from the test of time, Oedipus Rex or Oedipus T... more As great Greek Tragedies survived from surpassing from the test of time, Oedipus Rex or Oedipus The King is one of the examples of it which is still being admired by spectators even nowadays. They assert that it reveals a mythic story concerning “murder mystery, political thriller, and psychological whodunnit” for being a tragic story about a struggling man who is being punished by an oracular predestination of patricide and incest, and ended up blinding himself. Using Plato and Aristotle’s Literary Theories stipulated by Classical approach, it was proved that the Tragedy is forsooth a fragment of literature that mirrors its existence as a classical literary text. Through examining (1) good and bad imitations of life or reality, or Mimesis and a sense of censorship respectively, and (2) an action that purges negative emotions like pity and fear or Catharsis, Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex was able to present itself as a classic form of literature.
The song Defying gravity is a well-known theatrical song sang in the musicale play Wicked whereas... more The song Defying gravity is a well-known theatrical song sang in the musicale play Wicked whereas it primarily talks about empowerment whereas the word “defy” totally signifies strength. So, basically, the persona in the song wants to say that “if you can defy something so strong as gravity, nothing can stop you.” Likewise, the word catcher particularly pertains to someone who can stop and hold something before it fell on the ground, making him someone who can defy the gravity. But, this is contradicting to what was happening in the novel The Catcher in the Rye by Jerome David Salinger. Though one of the recurring motifs in the story is teenage rebellion, the novel speaks of inauthentic choices of the main protagonist, Holden Caulfield, of being identified as a flat character, enclosed in tied settings, confined within a complicated plot structure containing almost the same literary styles, experienced as having a deep conflict within his self, and kept as a narrator of the story that will lead us to the universal idea in the book that someone cannot totally do everything he wants to do.
The study is conducted to create a critical analysis of the discursive and ideological aspects of... more The study is conducted to create a critical analysis of the discursive and ideological aspects of the opinion columns in the major broadsheets in the Philippines. This encompasses the three most popular newspaper publications namely: Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, and The Manila Bulletin. The researchers of this present study gathered an authentic copy of the newspaper columns from the stated publications, containing West Philippine Sea dispute as the topics of the articles since Critical Discourse Analysis has been known for putting a highlight to a particular raging social issues in the society. Thus, the primary corpus of this study uses text analysis to identify the most common linguistic feature in the columns in which conjunctions has been the most frequent one. Also, after distinguishing the most common linguistic cue, the study has to use structural analysis to primarily interpret those linguistic items as to how they are usedinthearticles as well as point out how the columns are structured in terms of the discursive and thematic organization which falls under the microstructure and macrostructure of discourses as far as Teunn Van Dijk is concerned. Thus, through the textual analysis and structural analysis, this study is able to reveal that socializing in different aspects is the most common ideology of the writers of the three major broadsheet in the country as they possess a power in influencing and highlighting the issue on the territorial dispute.
As a short story imposing a hidden crime which captured the interests of most readers by making a... more As a short story imposing a hidden crime which captured the interests of most readers by making a surprising type of murder, A Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe became an eye for much readers of suspense or thriller type literary works. The characters in the story - both Fortunato and Montresor - makes the whole text revolving but through Systemic Functional Grammar, following ideational and interpersonal metalanguage analysis, it was found the surprising element underlying the text. Hence, through the participants, auxiliaries and verbs, modality, and vocatives included in the descriptions of Montresor to himself and Fortunato and the speech of the two characters, Edgar Allan Poe’s A Cask of Amontillado was able to pose itself as a short story deviating from the usual character proposition as Montresor, the narrator, being the antagonist and Fortunato being the protagonist.
Considered as one of the greatest poets in the country is Jose Garcia Villa who became a National... more Considered as one of the greatest poets in the country is Jose Garcia Villa who became a National Artist for Literature in 1973. Also, he “introduced reversed consonance rhyme scheme” in a poem. Hence, Villa was known for creating poems in an innovative yet poetic way (National Commission on Culture and the Arts, 2015). So, one of these poems are First, A Poem Must Be Magical which is a 14 liner poem. Hence, by looking up that Villa is known for creating poems in a different way, the included text might be a proof of this writer’s activity. Thus, through semantico-syntactic deviations, grammatical repetitions and unparallelisms, lexical repetitions, and phonological patterns, Jose Garcia Villa succeeded in creating his own format of a sonnet as a descriptive type of literature by deviating from the usual way in writing a literary text.
The act of choosing can mean that an individual has the power to manifest his/her own decision. T... more The act of choosing can mean that an individual has the power to manifest his/her own decision. This also explains Jean Paul-Sartre's Theory of Existentialism that a person has his own free-will to do things because he is a human born with liberty. Hence, the freedom of human beings to make choices, is institutionalized in every act he/she may do (Duka, 1999 in Dela Cruz, Diaz, & Erispe, 2018). Yet, this freedom to choose was not neither seen in Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken nor contributed to the poem's primary motif, decision-making. Thus, the poem only elaborates the persona's overthinking about what decision he will do, even though he made a tiny move to making his last decision then hesitates on the latter part, but he totally does not totally decide at all and remain struggling.
As a cartoon series presenting the mysticism of the world, Avatar The Last Air bender as shown by... more As a cartoon series presenting the mysticism of the world, Avatar The Last Air bender as shown by Nickelodeon captured the eye of interest for lots of its viewers, both the young and the old, and men and women. They believed that making the world truly involved with the spiritual meaning or reality subjects all to the ultimate reality one must discern, which is binding human to nature. Also, it is also perceived that the said cartoon series indeed exhibit how the protagonist, a 12 year old Aang, venture to quest for his destiny with a water bender, Katara, and its brother, Soca, together with their pet friend, a lemur named Momo and Aang’s own bison, Appa, then suddenly joined by an earth bender, Toph, and the fire prince, Zuko. Nevertheless, they also argued that side by side with this, it is also the quest of Aang on being captivated with Katara. Using the archetypes underlying racial unconscious provided by Mythological-Archetypal Approach, it was found out that the cartoon series is indeed a piece of literature that reflects women empowerment. Through the archetypal characters of Toph as an earth bender, Princess Yue as the spirit of the Moon, Azula as a fire bender, and Katara as a water bender, Avatar The Last Air Bender was able to pose itself as a feminist story.
As a film revolving around the human mind of an individual, literary critics argued that the said... more As a film revolving around the human mind of an individual, literary critics argued that the said film is indeed a manifestation of Nina’s “psychic odyssey toward achieving artistic perfection “ (Bali, 2016). They also believed that Nina is experiencing lots of mental disorders such as anorexia which can be seen in the scene when she looks at a grapefruit and turns away the slice of cake her mother gives for their celebration of Nina getting the role and bulimia which can be seen when she always keeps on running to the wash room to throw up for her to be perfect as she was put under pressure. Hence, using psychological theories, most particularly of theories of personality, it was found out that the film is indeed a piece of literature that reflects the complexities of the mental personality of one’s self. Through Freud’s personality theory on 1923, the film Black Swan saw the psyche of the protagonist, Nina, as to how her Superego and Id are conquering on one another affecting her ego.
Shawn Mendez’s Treat you better was famous for its persona looking at a couple while the girl is ... more Shawn Mendez’s Treat you better was famous for its persona looking at a couple while the girl is experiencing domestic violence. Also, the persona in the said song is having a quite envy on the boy that he even compares himself to her guy who does not deserve her that the persona even reiterates “I can treat you better than he can.” Consequently, Edith L. Tiempo’s Lament for the littlest fellow primarily talks about a man who compared his wife to a marmoset or a monkey which, they think, kept looking at them. Thus, through defamiliarization techniques using metaphors in each of the lines, Tiempo’s poem basically declares the point of view of the woman, whom the persona in the mentioned song wanted to save from, making a poem which is expressing a sorrowful narrative of a hopeless man, like the song Treat you better by Shawn Mendez, waiting for a woman to be freed from her man’s life.
One of the most evident conditions throughout history is slavery. In America, slavery was practic... more One of the most evident conditions throughout history is slavery. In America, slavery was practiced from 17th to 18th century. Also, slaves were mostly gotten from African nations or poor European nations to become a labor force rather than being an indentured servants. But, slave rebellions, on one hand, had been created because of sudden patriotism widened in the mind of slaves however, supporters of slavery just proved with this act that balcks, mostly, were naturally barbaric, requiring them to indeed become a slave for discipline (Palmiere, 2012). Until much time, upholding slavery has reached its highest peak in its existence. This is when Civil War occurred in 1860 to 1865. The stated cause of the said war was the rigorous difference of free and slave states over the injustice of the national government to permit slavery in the territories that had not been classified as a state (American Battle Field, n.d.). Likewise, it can be considered that because of slavery of the Africans, racial discrimination is then related. The author, on the other hand, is said to be alive at the era where slavery has still been mandated and Civil War has begun. Moreover, Chopin’s Desiree’s Baby was published at the year of 1892. Hence, influenced by Kate Chopin’s personal accounts: (1) being an eye to her relatives’ agony at a young age, and (2) being affected by the American Civil War as a witness to racial discrimination in 1850s St. Louis (now Louisina), Desiree’s Baby introduces itself as a historical and biographical short story.
As great Greek Tragedies survived from surpassing from the test of time, Oedipus Rex or Oedipus T... more As great Greek Tragedies survived from surpassing from the test of time, Oedipus Rex or Oedipus The King is one of the examples of it which is still being admired by spectators even nowadays. They assert that it reveals a mythic story concerning “murder mystery, political thriller, and psychological whodunnit” for being a tragic story about a struggling man who is being punished by an oracular predestination of patricide and incest, and ended up blinding himself. Using Plato and Aristotle’s Literary Theories stipulated by Classical approach, it was proved that the Tragedy is forsooth a fragment of literature that mirrors its existence as a classical literary text. Through examining (1) good and bad imitations of life or reality, or Mimesis and a sense of censorship respectively, and (2) an action that purges negative emotions like pity and fear or Catharsis, Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex was able to present itself as a classic form of literature.
The song Defying gravity is a well-known theatrical song sang in the musicale play Wicked whereas... more The song Defying gravity is a well-known theatrical song sang in the musicale play Wicked whereas it primarily talks about empowerment whereas the word “defy” totally signifies strength. So, basically, the persona in the song wants to say that “if you can defy something so strong as gravity, nothing can stop you.” Likewise, the word catcher particularly pertains to someone who can stop and hold something before it fell on the ground, making him someone who can defy the gravity. But, this is contradicting to what was happening in the novel The Catcher in the Rye by Jerome David Salinger. Though one of the recurring motifs in the story is teenage rebellion, the novel speaks of inauthentic choices of the main protagonist, Holden Caulfield, of being identified as a flat character, enclosed in tied settings, confined within a complicated plot structure containing almost the same literary styles, experienced as having a deep conflict within his self, and kept as a narrator of the story that will lead us to the universal idea in the book that someone cannot totally do everything he wants to do.
The study is conducted to create a critical analysis of the discursive and ideological aspects of... more The study is conducted to create a critical analysis of the discursive and ideological aspects of the opinion columns in the major broadsheets in the Philippines. This encompasses the three most popular newspaper publications namely: Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, and The Manila Bulletin. The researchers of this present study gathered an authentic copy of the newspaper columns from the stated publications, containing West Philippine Sea dispute as the topics of the articles since Critical Discourse Analysis has been known for putting a highlight to a particular raging social issues in the society. Thus, the primary corpus of this study uses text analysis to identify the most common linguistic feature in the columns in which conjunctions has been the most frequent one. Also, after distinguishing the most common linguistic cue, the study has to use structural analysis to primarily interpret those linguistic items as to how they are usedinthearticles as well as point out how the columns are structured in terms of the discursive and thematic organization which falls under the microstructure and macrostructure of discourses as far as Teunn Van Dijk is concerned. Thus, through the textual analysis and structural analysis, this study is able to reveal that socializing in different aspects is the most common ideology of the writers of the three major broadsheet in the country as they possess a power in influencing and highlighting the issue on the territorial dispute.
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