N.V.M. Gonzales and M. Arguilla intertextual textuality / Flordeliza M. Cuerda.

Dissertation (Doctor of Arts in Literature and Communication) -- Cebu Normal University, November 2013.

This literary comparative research analyzes the intertextual fictional elements, namely, setting, character, conflict, and theme in the textualities of the selected paired off short stories, N.V.M. Gonzalez?s Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and M. Arguilla?s A Son Is Born and N.V.M. Gonzalez?s Hunger in Barok and M. Arguilla?s Rice.
The setting, character, conflict, and theme of N.V.M. Gonzalez?s Children of the Ash-Covered Loam are intertextual in textualities to M. Arguilla?s A Child Is Born. Through their fictional textualities, it reveals that both stories happen in a rural area where there were famine and hunger because planting and harvesting were delayed, characterize Father as the pillar of the family and Mother as the bringer of light, depict man struggling against the forces of nature, and suggest that life is still worth living in spite of its adversities and uncertainties.
Likewise, Hunger in Barok of N.V.M. Gonzalez?s and Rice of M. Arguilla are intertextual in setting, character, conflict, and thematic textualities. These short stories occur also in the rural area where food was scarce. The character of Pare Crispin is parallel to that of Pablo?s and Mang Cesar to that of the Señora?s. Pare Crispin and Pablo are loyal and dedicated to each of their master, while Mang Cesar and the Señora show greediness and haughtiness toward their tenants. The characters are in struggle against nature, and the short stories expose the belief that life is a test and that man, coupled with his strong faith in God, is determined to surpass this test.
Based on the findings and the conclusion, the following recommendations are proposed: (1) A similar intertextual study on N.V.M. Gonzalez and Manuel Arguilla on another paired-off short stories whose setting is in the urban area using the theories of formalism, textuality, and intertextuality. (2) An investigation using the theories of expressivism, mimesis, and reader-response to possibly establish the parallelisms on the significant human experiences of N.V.M. Gonzalez and Manuel Arguilla to the major characters they created in each of their stories. (3) An intertextual study using the theories of formalism, textuality, and intertextuality focusing on conflicts depicted in the pre-modern and post-modern Philippine fiction. (4) A comparative literary analysis on the short stories of N.V.M. Gonzalez and M. Arguilla using the theories of historicism, mimesis and expressivism tgo discover the relatedness of their life philosophies.
The following topics are recommended for future research:
N.V.M. Gonzalez and Manuel Arguilla: An Expressive and Historical Analysis; A Critical Literary Analysis on the Images of a Filipino Farmer in Philippine Fiction; Poverty in N.V.M. Gonzalez and M. Arguilla: Analysis of Values and Social Implications; Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barret Browning: A Critical Analysis; Masculinity in Aida Rivera-Ford?s and Edith L. Tiempo?s Short Stories: A Discourse Analysis; A Comparative Analysis on Characters and Themes of Filipino and Chinese Folktales; Love and Marriage in William Shakespeare?s Sonnets: A Formalistic and Mimetic Study; Structural and Thematic Analysis on the Poems of Jose Garcia Villa; and Love in the Cornhusks and My Husband?s Roommate: A Feminist Reading.