THE FEMALE VOICE

21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES

AND THE WORLD

(SECOND QUARTER)

Prepared by: Nonie M. Perido

Objectives

The learners are expected to:

1. familiarize with a historiographic metafiction,
2. interrogate history to reveal marginal voices,
3. write your own metafiction with awareness and
respect with the marginalized voices
Metafiction
-It is essentially writing about writing “foregrounding the
apparatus” as it’s typical of deconstructionist approaches
making the artificiality of art or the fictionality of fiction
apparent to the reader and generally disregards the necessity
for “willing suspension of disbelief.”

-It is often employed to undermine the authority of the

author, for unexpected narrative shifts, to advance a story in a
unique way, for emotional distance or to comment on the
act of storytelling.
Histographic Metafiction

Linda Hutcheon coined the term

“histographic metafiction” to refer to
works that fictionalize actual historical
events or figures.
Motivation:
1.Why do you think history is called “history” instead of
“herstory? What does this reveal about the roots of history?
a

2. Do you think women’s voices, and their perspectives, have

been heard and chronicled as faithfully as men’s perspectives?
Why do you think so?
a

3.What is the importance of the female perspective?

Reading

The Odyssey (Summary)

Questions

1. How would you describe Odysseus’

character?
2. How would you describe Penelope’s
character?
3. If you had a choice, would you want to
be Odysseus or Penelope? Explain
Adaptation

Read the excerpt: “ A Low Art” by

Margaret Atwood
Evaluation
The class will be divided in a small group, each group
retells familiar story from a different perspective in a form of
skit.
For example, you could retell Noli Me Tangere from the
perspective of Sisa or Maria Clara, or you could tell the story
of The Three Little Pigs from the perspective of the wolf.
The criteria in grading the skit is as follows: 50%
Understanding of the characters in the story and 50%
Creativity.
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