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21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World aims to engage students in appreciation and critical study of 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World, encompassing their various dimensions, genres, elements, structures, contexts, and traditions....

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BENTE PERS REVIEWER by huwebes

DIASPORA: (Migration) – Movement/ Feeling/ Homesickness

THE AUTHORS PHILIPPINE REALITIES 

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LENGUA PARA DIABLO – Poverty - MERLINDA BOBIS PRELUDES – Gender Inequalities - DARYLL DELGADO JUSTICE – Justice System - RALPH SEMINO GALAN

PHILIPPINE DIASPORA (migration)   

TURBAN LEGEND – Homesickness - R. ZAMORA LINMARK WAITING – Identity - RON DARVIN THE HELP – Racism KATHRYN STOCKETT

LENGUA PARA DIABLO -THE DEVIL ATE MY WORDS Lengua – Tongue CHARACTERS:  Father  Child  Mother  Boss – Spaniards

PRELUDES CHARACTERS:  Nenita  Husband  Herblista friend of Nenita  Juez’s (judge) widow

JUSTICE These are the accoutrements of her office The blindfold symbolizing impartiality; A golden pair of scales measuring the validity Of evidence given, both pro and con; The double edged sword that pierces through The thick fabric of lies; thot’s feather Of truth which ultimately determines whether In J. ELIZALDE NAVARRO’s oil painting titled Into thin air, swallowed by pigments Cloud as doubts. In my uncertain country Where right and wrong are cards That can be shuffled like a pile of money bills, Even in the land’s chief magistrate Is not immune from culpability; found guilty He has to face the music of derision

TURBAN LEGEND - Excerpt from Leche - Turban –OFW, Middle East - BRAINDRAIN CHARACTERS:  VINCE- Engineer  JING- Sister  MAN- who died because of hypothermia Balikbayan box REX NAVARRETE- “Filipino-ness”

WAITING – How long term separation impacts the lives of migrant families.  ISABEL –41 Choi’s caregiver, cashier  MIGUEL –15  RONALDO – 8 years – Vancouver, Canada – University of British Columbia – Nov. 2014 THE HELP –Aug. 10, 2011 –TATE TAYLOR- Director CAST:

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EUGENIA “SKEETER” PHELAN CHARLOTTE PHELAN–mother of Eugenia AIBILEEN CLARK –maid MINNY JACKSON –maid CONSTANTINE JEFFERSON–childhood CELIA FOOLE –2nd yaya...