Lazaro Francisco: The Making of a National Artist
Soledad S. Reyes: Ateneo de Manila University
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/Abstract
This essay situates the novels of Lazaro Francisco against the concrete specificities of our history as a nation, from the American colonial regime to the postwar period. The study shows how deeply Francisco understood the concept of nationhood even as he constructed experiences of socio-economic bondage and a disastrous war that resonated with his Liwayway readers.
Keywords
Lazaro Francisco, National Artist for Literature, popular literature, Tagalog novel, Philippine literary history
Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia is a peer-reviewed journal published twice a year by the School of Humanities of the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines. Multidisciplinary in scope, it welcomes articles in English or Filipino in the following fields: literature, philosophy, theology, performance arts, visual arts, forms of media and other related areas, especially studies engaging Philippine and Asian experience.
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