Lesson Guide - Urbana at Felisa
Lesson Guide - Urbana at Felisa
Lesson Guide - Urbana at Felisa
- Go online and read excerpts and background of the text Urbana and Felisa. Then proceed
to the following activities. (https://archive.org/stream/pagsusulatannang15980gut/15980-
8.txt)
- You may refer to this link for the supplementary reading on the relevance of Urbana and
Felisa in the 21st centruy context:
- https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/09/08/1366469/how-relevant-urbana-feliza-
today
Text Reference:
Reyes, S.S.(1999). Urbana at Felisa. Philippine Studies, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 3-29. Ateneo de
Manila University available:
http://www.philippinestudies.net/files/journals/1/articles/2604/public/2604-3668-1-PB.pdf
(Please refer to your module for the copy.)
“No text is transparent and its very constitution and subsequent consumption are complex
processes. Embedded in the text are layers of meanings which neither the text nor the writer
was fully aware of.”
Refer to the module for the copy of the text written by Soledad Reyes on Urbana at Felisa.
GROUP 1 - The Priest as the producer of text and The Reader of the text
GROUP 2 - The Social context: The Rise of Middle Class
GROUP 3 - What the text said: The Presence and Fictional Devices
GROUP 4 - Nineteenth Century Filipino
GROUP 5 - The Text as containment
GROUP 6 - Colonizing Woman: Virgin and Martyr
OUTPUT: An Advice letter to the 21st Century Urbana and Felisa (Group Writing Task)
Compose an advice letter using the format in Urbana and Felisa and consider the following
points: (Date of submission will be discussed tomorrow during our class.)
1. Your intended audience (description and characterization)
2. The pervasive beliefs, behavioral patterns, and value system that shape the 21 st
century Filipino youth
3. Your stand to adhering to a “morally purposeful life” and your own perception of a
“model of exemplary conduct and behavior” that should be emulated by youth like
you