Historical Content

The world behind the text

Biographical Content
The life of the author
Historical criticism
looks at "the world behind the text" by understanding the time the text
was written, and what other events took place upon the writing of the
text
Biographical criticism
investigates details about the author's life - about his family,
birthplace, and educational background that could be used to better
understand the text
Dr. Cirilo Bautista
Author of "A Man Falls to His Death"
Dr. Cirilo Bautista
• a National Artist for Literature
• a poet, fictionist, and essayist with exceptional achievements and
significant contributions to the development of the country's literary
arts
Summer suns (1963)
Words and Battlefields (1998)
The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus (2001)
Galaw ng Asoge (2003)
Famous works or Dr. Cirilo Bautista