ASEAN LIT_PHILLIPINES

Genoveva Edroza-Matute

feminist writer
One of her master piece is “Kwento ni Mabuti” which won in Palanca Award for Short Story in Filipino on 1951.

Kwento ni Mabuti

first literature daw ng philippines ata sabi ni maam

won in Palanca Award for Short Story in Filipino on 1951

all about the life of a teacher named Mabuti and how she handles the problem as a teacher and mother to her child

Mabuti

ordinary public school teacher who is trying to make her students realized the importance of studying

Fe

student of Mabuti

MAN VS. HERSELF

type of conflict
main character is hiding her emotions towards to the circumstances

kwento ni mabuti

Summary
There is a teacher named Mabuti. It is not her real name but her students used to call her Mabuti. She is teacher in public school. One day, she heard and saw her student crying in one corner of the library and she asked her student if she wanted to share the reason behind those tears. Mabuti was also crying that time. Fe tried to ask Mabuti why she is crying and Mabuti just responded that Fe is too young to understand. Mabuti has one child and she wanted her to be a doctor. She didn’t tell something about her husband. One day, Fe heard that the father of Mabuti’s child died but not laid in their house but to other woman’s house. And now, Fe understand why Mabuti is not telling story about her husband.

Rogelio Sicat

sometimes referred to as “Rogelio Sikat”

prolific Filipino novelist, playwright and short story writer

masterpiece is the story of “Tata Selo”

Tata Selo

won the second prize in the Carlos Palanca Award for 1963

based on Rogelio Sikat on the main character of the story of a male farmer named Tata Selo

based on the real-life land reform issues and recurring political cruelties in the Philippines

MAN VS. SOCIETY

type of conflict

In the story, the main character, Tata Selo, fought with other people around him so that he could defend himself in the case he faced regarding the hacking and accidental death of Kabesang Tano.

Tata selo

Summary

The story of Tata Selo is about an old man who just wanted to be able to farm their land that was sold because his wife got sick. Tata Selo wanted their land returned to them but due to lack of money it could not be returned to them so he just asked Kabesa Tano to farm his land. Until one day while Tata Selo was farming, Kabesa Tano talked to him and left his farm because there were other farmers then. Tata Selo begged but Kabesa Tano did not listen to him so Tata Selo accidentally killed him. And  Tata Selo was imprisoned.