DAY 4 of the 10th ALBWW, Session 9: Lalaine Yanilla-Aquino on Khristina Alvarez’s “Birthcage”
Session 9: Birthcage Fellow: Khristina Alvarez Moderator: Lalaine Yanilla-Aquino To introduce Khristina Alvarez’s “Birthcage,” Lalaine Yanilla-Aquino first impressed the significance and strategies associated with foregrounding in literature, citing M.A.K. Halliday’s definition of “motivated prominence”—a marked deviation or perpetuation of an established linguistic pattern. She cited the work’s title as an effective example of foregrounding and […]
Day 3 of the 10th ALBWW: Session 8, Yari Ka!, Alpine Christopher Patio Moldez
Session 8: Yari Ka! Fellow: Alpine Christopher Patio Moldez Moderated by: Erik Pingol Sa pagtalakay ng kathang “Yari Ka!”, binalikan ni Erik Pingol ang poetika ni Alpine Christopher Moldez kung saan nabanggit na apat lamang ang libro sa kanilang tahanan. Naging paborito niya ang The Wizard of Oz na naging inspirasyon sa kaniyang akda. Iginiya […]
DAY 3 of the 10th ALBWW, Session 7: Luna Sicat Cleto on Ashley Cua’s “The Memory-Keepers”
Session 7: The Memory-Keepers Fellow: Ashley Cua Moderator: Luna Sicat Cleto “Akala natin ipinanganak na silang matanda, pero mayroon silang pagkabata. At sa pagkabata nila, nasisilip natin kung ano-ano ang kanilang naging mga desisyon.” In her introduction to Ashley Cua’s The Memory-Keepers, Dr. Luna Sicat Cleto highlighted what, in her view, is the novella-in-progress’ beating […]