21 ST 9

THE REGION IN
THE NATION
Short Story
Beriso, Julia Mae

Diric, Ariane Sandee
Mamuad, Samantha
MODULE TOPICS
 Regionality
 promdi@manila
 About the Story
 Genevieve Asenjo and Her Regional Narratives
 Narrating the Region Through the “Sugilanon”
 Language as a Means of Imagining the Nation
Reading 1
Regionality
REGIONALITY
 Defined as a region or as belonging to a particular
geographic grouping.
 As a nation of 7,642 islands, part of process of

“imagining” ourselves as a nation is by way of our
geographically designated regions.
 It characterizes the diversity of the Philippines.

 It also defines one’s linguistic, historical, and
indigenous background.
 The Filipino Map, published in 1974, shows that a

good number of locales remains indigenous in faith
practices despite the country being Christianized.
 In terms of movement, regionality compels some of

our kababayans to move from one locality to another.
Reading 2
promdi@manila
 Promdi@Manila – signifies progress and
cosmopolitanism; fusion of being
probinsiyana and city girl.
 Promdi – from the province
 @manila – signifies new millennium

CHARACTERS
 Julia Sebastian (Jul) – 25 years old. Assistant Creative
Director of Harrison Communications from HSBC
Enterprise Building in Ayala Avenue
 Teray – Manicurist, Neighbor of Sebastian family in
Antique
 Jane Sebastian – Older sister of Julia. Nurse in
Cambridge Memorial Hospital
 Dax – Suitor of Julia. Webpage Developer in Ortigas
 Fred – Husband of Teray. Maestro Karpintero
 Tony – Uncle of Julia
Reading 3
About the Story
ABOUT THE STORY
 It was written by Genevieve L. Asenjo.
 It is collected in Asenjo’s book Komposo ni Dandansoy.
 Ittypifies the experience and examine the movement
from the region to the national “center.”
 Both characters are “promdi” who are natives of
Antique.
 It dramatizes the life of two women who embody
longing for roots after being displaced and lured by
the promise of urban progress.
IMPORTANT ELEMENTS
FOIL
 Important concept in characterization.
 Itis a character who stands in contrast to another

character.
 In simpler term, “OPPOSITE”

IMPORTANT ELEMENTS
SETTING
 Usuallydefined as the time and place as well as the
culture, politics, language, and value system that
they entail where the story unfolds.
Reading 4
Genevieve Asenjo and
Her Regional Narratives
Genevieve Asenjo
 Born: 1982 in Dao, Antique
 A Filipino poet, novelist, translator,
and literary scholar in Kinaray-a,
Hiligaynon, and Filipino.
 An associate professor of Literature
and Creative Writing at De La Salle
University in Manila.
 Has a Ph. D. in Literature.
 Finished her undergraduate course,
BA Literature at University of the
Philippines Visayas in Ilo-ilo.
 Awards: Carlos Palanca Memorial
Awards for Short Story in
Hiligaynon.
Genevieve Asenjo’s
Works
 The Melancholy of the Tounge
 First novel of Genevieve Asenjo
 Received a citation for the Juan
C. Laya Prize for Excellence in
Fiction in a Philippine Language
in the National Book Award.
 National Book Award-winning
novel.
 John Iremil Teodoro, a Kinaray-
a writer, described it as “a
Filipino feminist novel.”
Collection of Poems Collections of Collection of
Short Stories Short Stories
balaysugidanun.com
 From a Kinaray-a term, “story house”
 Website of Asenjo to sustain Kinaray-a literature.
 Asenjodescribes her online work as an exploration of
the “politics of possibility.”
 Promdi-themedstories in Philippines literature turned
from the comic and slapstick to dramatic social
commentary just like Edgardo M. Reyes’s Sa Mga Kuko
ng Liwanag and the stories anthologized in the
landmark Mga Agos sa Disyerto.
 Reyes’snovel was turned into film by National Artist

for Film Lino Brocka.
Reading 5
Narrating the Region
Through the
“Sugilanon”
NARRATING THE REGION THROUGH
THE “SUGILANON”
SUGILANON
 Hiligaynon term for “story.”
 Hiligaynon’s share this word with the Cebuanos.
 Itimplies not only narration, but also recounting and

remembering, and quite interestingly, relation and
association.
 An observable regional response to the necessity of
reiterating traditions is the use of local terms to
describe local practices in writing.
 Variousnames and labels for stories signify not only
the diversity of production, but also the desire of the
regions to reiterate their identities and cultures.
 Usage of various terms by Filipino writers to refer to
their fictions, also expresses how local writing has
“Filipinized” the genre after adopting it from
colonizers.
Reading 6
Language as a Means of
Imagining the Nation
LANGUAGE AS A MEANS OF
IMAGINING THE NATION
In this lesson, we have looked at how dynamic between the
region and the center or capital works in contextualizing the
desire to define the nation. Through the story, we were given a
glimpse of the complex experience of movements, and how
these shape individual and collective identities. The region is
defined not only through ethnic and cultural background,
spirituality, and worldview. Language also plays an important
part in defining the region, and awareness and appreciation of
the various Philippine languages amplify the relation of people
speaking these so-called mother tounges and contributes to the
colorful fabric of our nation’s story.
THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!
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THE REGION IN

Beriso, Julia Mae

 As a nation of 7,642 islands, part of process of

 It characterizes the diversity of the Philippines.

 The Filipino Map, published in 1974, shows that a

 In terms of movement, regionality compels some of

 Promdi – from the province

 @manila – signifies new millennium

 Itis a character who stands in contrast to another

 In simpler term, “OPPOSITE”

 Reyes’snovel was turned into film by National Artist

 Hiligaynon’s share this word with the Cebuanos.

 Itimplies not only narration, but also recounting and

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