TY - BOOK AU - Uychoco, Marikit Tara A. TI - 21st century literature from the Philippines and the world SN - 9789712378126 U1 - 899.211 PY - 2016/// CY - Manila PB - Rex Book Store KW - Philippine literature (English) KW - 21st century KW - History and criticism KW - Literature, Modern N1 - "Core"--Cover; "Kto12"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172) and index; Introduction to Philippine literature in the 21st century; Philippine history and literature; Reading and revolution; The revolution according to Raymundo Mata (excerpt) / by Gina Apostol (fiction); The death of a hero; Padre Faura Witnesses the execution of Rizal / by Danton Remoto (poetry); Authoritarianism; Apo on the wall / by Bj Patino (poetry); Survival; The safe house / Sandra Nicole Roldan (fiction); Philippine realities; Poverty; Lengua para diablo (The devil ate my words) (excerpt from Banana heart summer) / by Merlinda Bobis (fiction); Gender inequalities; Preludes / by Daryll Delgado (fiction); The justice system; Justice / by Ralph Semino Galán (poetry); The Philippine diaspora; Homesickness; Turban legend (excerpt from Leche) / by R. Zamora Linmark (fiction); Identity; Waiting / by Ron Darvin (drama); Racism; Cronulla beach / by Jose Wendell Capili (poetry); Philippine speculative fiction; Virtual realities; Flickerfadegone / by Carljoe Javier (fiction); Science fiction and society; Virtual center / by Raissa Claire U. Rivera (fiction); Fantasy, horror, and the old country; Martines / by Anna Felicia Sanchez (fiction); Introduction to 21st century world literature; The female voice; A low art (excerpt from The Penelopiad) / by Margaret Atwood (Canada); Love in a strange place; Silk (excerpt) / by Alessandro Baricco (Italy); Samurai daughters; The strangeness of beauty (excerpt) / by Lydia Minatoya (USA); The colonizer's tongue; Malinche (excerpt) / by Laura Esquivel (Mexico); Real world issues; The self; The valley of amazement (excerpt) / by Amy Tan (USA); The body; The good body (excerpt) Eve Ensler (USA); The strange; The curious incident of the dog in the night-time (excerpt) / by Mark Haddon (England); The archipelago; The tesseract (excerpt) / by Alex Garland (USA); World identities; Homecoming; The silence of snow (excerpt from Snow) / by Orhan Pamuk (Turkey); Differences; A thousand splendid suns (excerpt) / by Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan); The immigrant; The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay (excerpt) / by Michael Chabon (USA); Life and death; The folded earth (excerpt) / by Anuradha Roy (India); Speculative fiction; The other family; Coraline (excerpt) / by Neil Gaiman (England); The runaway; The boy named crow (excerpt from Kafka on the shore) / by Haruki Murakami (Japan); The choice; The forest of hands and teeth (excerpt) / by Carrie Ryan (USA); Dystopia; Happicuppa (excerpt from Oryx and Crake) / by Margaret Atwood (Canada) ER -