Life and Works of Alejandro Roces & Bienvenido Lumbera

11 | 21st Century Literature, 2nd Quarter LESSON 3: Life and Works of Alejandro Roces LESSON 4: Life & Works of Bienvenido Lumbera

July 13, 1924

Alejandro Roces’ birth date

May 23, 2011

Alejandro death date

Alejandro Roces

A Filipino literary writer (a playwright, essayist, and short story writer)

Alejandro Roces

He was also a columnist at the Philippine Star, the Manila Times, and the Manila Chronicle

Alejandro Roces

He was known for his short story “We Filipinos Are Mild Drinkers”

Humor

Roces employed _____ in most of his works, usually tackling the Filipino’s fascination with cockfighting

Ateneo de Manila University

Roces’ primary and secondary education

University of Arizona

where Alejandro Roces earned his degree in fine arts

Far Eastern University

where Alejandro Roces earned his master’s degree

Tokyo University in Japan

where Alejandro Roces took doctorate

Alejandro Roces

He was conferred as National Artist for Literature in 2003

Alejandro Roces

He served as the Secretary of Education under the regime of former president Diosdado Macapagal (1961 - 1965)

Alejandro Roces

He also served as chairman of the MTRCB in 2001

Movie and Television Review and Classification Board

MTRCB

• My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken

• We Filipinos Are Mild Drinkers

• Something to Crow About

• Fiesta

Literary Works of Alejandro Roces

We Filipinos Are Mild Drinkers

A short story about an American soldier in the Philippines who brags about his drinking habits, but becomes overly drunk after drinking lambanog offered by a Filipino farmer

My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken

A short story that talks about two brothers who were arguing whether the chicken they caught was a hen or a rooster

Something to Crow About

The first Filipino zarzuela in English about a man named Kiko who earns a living by means of cockfighting

Fiesta

a collection of essays about various Philippine festivals

Humor

a literary device which aims to make the audience or readers laugh or be amused

Sarcasm

a literary device used to mock

Exaggeration/Hyperbole

a literary device used to make an event appear better or worse than what it really is

Surprise

a literary device commonly found in unlikely situation or an unexpected turn of events

Bienvenido Lumbera

a poet, critic, and librettist

Bienvenido Lumbera

He has made valuable contributions to the development of Philippine literature especially in the vernacular language

Bienvenido Lumbera

He is a strong advocate of the Filipino language

Bienvenido Lumbera

According to him, the gap between the well-educated Filipinos and the majority cannot be bridged until Filipino becomes their true lingua franca

Beny

Bienvenido’s nickname when he was younger

Bienvenido Lumbera

He showed a natural aptitude for English. His teacher once asked him in an accusatory tone if he wrote his compositions himself

University of Santo Tomas (1950)

where Bienvenido took a degree in journalism

1954

Bienvenido graduated cum laude at UST in what year

Frigid Moon

Bienvenido’s first published work

Fulbright Committee

Bienvenido’s full scholarship was granted by _____________

Indiana University

where Bienvenido obtained his master's and doctorate degrees

Bienvenido Lumbera

He was conferred as National Artist for Literature in 2006

Special Prize from the Palanca Awards

Bienvenido’s poetry collection Sunog sa Lipa at Iba Pang Tula (1975) received this prize

Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts

Bienvenido received this award during 1993

Philippine Centennial Literary Prize for Drama

Bienvenido received this award during 1998

Eulogy of Roaches (1965)

A piece of Bagay poetry published in 1965

Imagery

a literary technique in which figurative language is used to appeal to the reader’s physical senses

Juxtaposition

a literary technique in which two (or more) ideas are placed side by side for comparison and contrast