Philippines: History, Literature, Performance

The course focuses on Philippine history through literature and performance.  Among the texts to be discussed are: traditional forms (rituals, poetry, songs, dances) that give insights to belief systems and economic, political, and social life during the indigenous or precolonial period; performance and literary forms that were instruments both of colonial conquest and anti-colonial movements; and theater and literature that participated in discourse on agrarian issues, labor, martial law and militarism, gender rights, academic freedom, and human rights.

First 6 week session - Runs 5/28/2019 to 7/5/2019