Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
A Research Paper
Presented to the
Faculty of the Graduate School
Divine Word College of Calapan
Calapan City
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION
Major in English Literature
By
PAULIEN JANE R. ORTEGA
1
CHAPTER I
Introduction
It talks about subject matters which anyone can relate on, not
only to lessons it may impart but also to the truths it may reveal
especially on what they see, hear, and feel. No matter how thick
or thin a literature book is, how recent or ancient the story is,
or how old or modern the sound of music is, every story has always
the world because it talks about life, as people are part of the
has a great impact on his life. He should not just depend on the
2
same perspective of many. Whatever man’s actions and reactions
are, would definitely bounce back to him. That is why having enough
and Life”, that literature entertains and at the same time educates
people for it teaches the past, helps them understand the present
concerns.
For this, he said that reading stories has biggest advantage, for
3
Therefore, a demand for a better understanding of what really
4
flashed, more particularly on television, reminding everyone to be
seem to target the young people especially the first time voters.
victims. Those young people agree with martial law. But right after
having heard the victims’ experiences, they are shocked and seemed
to realize that what they know about Martial law is not enough for
them to agree with it so easily. And two of them said, “They taught
on that…”
5
this, everyone, most especially the young adults, may be well-
decisions from where the present and future depend. (Penman for
Monday, 2013).
Filipino Novels) qualified his statement that not too many Filipino
(2016), most of the protest literature during martial law time was
identified and jailed but some continued to do so. But when martial
law and Marcos’ reign was officially lasted in1982, most of the
categories:
6
musings of ordinary people being harshly reminded of a
what it (Martial law) was all about, (Online, 2016). This truth,
adults, considers the conduct of this study that concerns the issue
and focuses on reading and analyzing the two of the given examples
7
politics of the time to a matter-of-fact historical accounting of
Theoretical framework
8
of documents in order to understand the episteme of a particular
the social, political, and historical milieu that produced it. New
affected the work and how the work reflects the writer's times.
or-no answer that can be teased out by studying the text. This
history reveals more about the text; studying the text reveals
9
of Martial law through the interconnection and relationship
Research paradigm
Biographical
Context
Historical
Social Context
Context Martial Law Novels
1. Killing Time in
a Warm Place by Jose
Political Cultural Y. Dalisay, Jr.
Context Context 2. State of War by
Ninotchka Rosca
time (when the texts are written) and the texts which reflect the
10
The clock symbol specifies the different contexts to which
analyzed.
(2016) stated in his study that this theory believes that the main
time which tells how time periods change, how people think and
11
change views of the world; and every time period has specific
social values which then tell how those social values influence
historicism theory.
Jr. and Ninotchka Rosca, and will seek to answer the following
questions:
12
Assumptions of the study
history where they have lived. This can be their own way of
banned during the time these novels were written. Many writers
shed silent inner cries and people just learned how to live
authors.
13
Significance of the study
following clientele:
people and events but rather help them to understand and appreciate
History Teachers and Students. They may use this study as they go
that they may reflect and come up to their own judgment about a
Literature and Social Studies Students. They would have the chance
through this study far from mere narrative facts. They would also
14
comparisons between history and story which may lead them in making
the study.
Rosca.
Definition of terms
15
New Historicism. It is a method of literary criticism that
Novels. These are invented prose narratives that are usually long
16
CHAPTER II
that make them better than any literary genres. Novels also provide
assume burdens of life that have no place in the epic poem. It can
17
frustrations or mysteries that will eventually be resolved through
novels but there are major types of novels that include mystery
not all the time evolve in crime stories which are expected to be
world with magic are what science fiction and fantasy deals with
that thriller novels give to the reader. The romance novel which
story that takes place at some real, past time in human history.
18
business to sort out. He suggested that a better word to use to
plottable, such as cause and effect, before and after, and the
like.
anthropomorphization
time. Cooppan (2018) added that the novel emerges from different
19
spaces are always forms of time. For him, novel is never just one
novels. She also has the idea that novel as a form is polymorphic
for it has taken many forms. She mentioned that people keep on
that whatever new form may emerge is out of one’s knowledge. But
possible.
Revolts in Novels
20
educate, to share imagination and creativity to readers, to
them. Some shared that they have just found writing therapeutic
circumstance that people are or were in. This is also one of the
21
It is indeed common in every Filipino that since the colonial
for his two popular novels: Noli Me Tangere which tells about the
Filipino novel books which she included in her top 10 best books
books, there are many other books and novels that are considered
experiences.
society.
Two Navels by Nick Joaquin that examines the effects and influence
22
A Novel, one of F. Sinonil Jose’s works which have been deeply
experienced by Filipinos.
Smaller and Smaller Circles that explores themes dealing with the
serial killings in Manila’s slum area. She also includes Bob Ong’s
Philippine context.
portrays the role of a mother who deals with facing the law and
Martial law books had just started to come out one by one
after Marcos regime, revealing its own piece of the martial law
23
Philippine Daily Inquirer (2012). Some of these are personal
books which are the center of this research study: “Killing Time
but may also lead them to understanding what has transpired in the
24
the environments, the patterns of destiny, the joys and the
women.
aspect of life.
and insights about God, nature, and life. It enlivens our sense of
beauty.
25
As regards to understanding the world, Linda Kass, a
past through the stories of others has opened her eyes to the
world in which she lives. This has shaped her ability to empathize
with cultures and people that are foreign to her own experience.
decisions and changed her actions and believes that that has made
King (2017) asked nine other writers to share their own perspective
about this matter. Among their responses speak about how historical
26
historical novels, people can gain a better and deep understanding
life issues.
how far people have come as a society but added that it also shines
light on how much further people have to go. Stephanie Dray (2016)
gave an insight that historical fiction novels are not only better
world. They don’t only tell what happened but make people feel it.
straight history books for its being more personal and real. On
the other hand, Tim Weed (2014) mentioned that even though readers
can really have the access to acknowledge a tragic past and have
27
relate to the past which can be done through stories. Historical
still some students who doubted it. Some regarded that using
universities.
Fauzi’s study has also found out that the students’ study
question the novels content and history, and helped them to compare
28
But still some of the students still doubted using historical
novels. They reasoned out that they could not find historical facts
in novels or some novels have mixing plots. They said that novels
are just supporting the facts about history and could not be
historical facts are limited. Some also said that novels have many
29
historical fiction as helpful in developing students understanding
world.
30
CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
novels, list of the chosen novels subject for the analysis and the
Research method
and that seeks to interpret meaning from these data that help us
31
research methods like an in-depth interview, focus groups,
perspective.
that all literary works are the products of many social and
32
history and is continually shaped by social and political forces.
Literary texts are the products of the ideology of the age in which
Selection of Novels
arrested and held at a detention center for six months. She then
33
List of Novels
Place
Place by Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr. the written novels within the range
unfolding.
novels.
34
d. Analysing the characters, the themes, and the events then
Bibliography
Unpublished Materials
Web Sources
35
https://reaberg.com/2014/01/29/bfb-fundamentals-why-teach-
history-through-literature/
http://www.crosswalk.com/family/homeschool/fact-or-fiction-
teaching-history-with-literature-1382138.html
from:
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2016/05/11/opinion/editorial/martial-
law-as-an-election-issue/
http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/v1/02/25/16/why-martial-law-
experiences-should-be-in-school-books
martial-law-in-three-filipino-novels/
36
https://www.cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-3/issue-
4/literature-key-understanding-people-society-and-life
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-about-
trauma/201612/prisoners-gain-understanding-others-through-
literature
https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2017/04/10/learn-history-
biographies/
https://developmenteducation.ie/feature/using-novels-to-explore-
development-issues-some-initial-ideas-and-suggestions/
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-novel-4685632
https://collected.jcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&conte
xt=masterstheses
https://meu.edu.jo/libraryTheses/5870d45136265_1.pdf thesis
https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/184865
thesis
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/new-
historicism
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/cliffsnotes/subjects/literature/what
-is-new-historicism
37
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/New_Historicism
https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/books/08/24/19/butch-
dalisay-on-killing-time-with-bencab-in-prison-working-for-
brocka-and-writing-for-marcos
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/689868/summary
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-novel-4685632
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/546622
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-companion-to-the-
novel/novel-as-genre/82754946B3ABBD98147A1E981807AF67/core-
reader
https://www.masterclass.com/classes/margaret-atwood-teaches-
creative-writing/chapters/the-novel-and-the-shifting-sands-of-
genre#transcript
https://cjdeguara.com/why-writers-write/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3004980?seq=1#page_scan_tab_content
https://bookriot.com/2017/09/06/books-about-revolutions/
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2600-victor-hugo-the-great-
prose-of-revolt
38
https://theculturetrip.com/asia/philippines/articles/the-10-
best-books-in-philippine-literature/
https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/64248/the-books-of-martial-law/
https://www.gramercybooksbexley.com/blog/why-we-read-historical-
fiction
https://lithub.com/historical-fiction-is-more-important-than-
ever-10-writers-weigh-in/
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED557695
https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/72212/1/Kearns
_Kelsey_M_201606_MT_MTRP.pdf
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8bcf/b5ea616303eb89ea2ea6dadcd6
a750fdd5c4.pdf
https://www.thoughtco.com/qualitative-research-methods-3026555
https://www.questionpro.com/blog/qualitative-research-methods/
https://instr.iastate.libguides.com/c.php?g=49332&p=318069
Published Materials
39
Strategies for Secondary Teachers. Vancouver BC: Pacific
248.
40