Necessary Fictions: Philippine Literature and the Nation, 1946-1980 by Caroline S. Hau
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Examines the connection between literature and nationalist discourse during the postwar period. Through close readings of the works of Jose Rizal, Amado Hernandez, Nick Joaquin, Edgardo Reyes, Ricardo Lee, Kerima Polotan, Carlos Bulosan, and Mario de Verdades Posadas, argues that the long-standing affinity between Philippine literature and nationalism is based, in part, on the power of literature to formulate and work through questions central to nationalist debates on the possibility and necessity of social change. It asks: What is the relationship between knowledge and action? Between the personal and political? Between the foreign and Filipino? Between culture and history, culture and politics, culture and economics?
Published in 2000. Winner, 2000 National Book Award, for Literary Criticism.
Book Details
Book Details
Author(s): Caroline S. Hau
Publisher: Ateneo de Manila University Press
Publication Year: 2000
Condition: New
Cover: Softcover
Language: English
ISBN: 9789715503679
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