tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post116266029375041758..comments2023-05-03T11:54:07.518-04:00Comments on Pugnacious Pinoy: CharactersOliver de la Pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14708989542004589056noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-1162837653301230372006-11-06T13:27:00.000-05:002006-11-06T13:27:00.000-05:00My students react strongly when I tell them that A...My students react strongly when I tell them that <EM>America is in the Heart</EM> is really a collage of narratives rather than one singular narrative. They immediately say that Bulosan's dishonest with his audience when they receive this information. And I understand why they think that way, especially if they've invested 327 pages of their time with a "character." The thing is, it was Oliver de la Pazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708989542004589056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-1162835611050586712006-11-06T12:53:00.000-05:002006-11-06T12:53:00.000-05:00good answers, ollie. thanks for these. persona is ...good answers, ollie. thanks for these. persona is sometimes hard to explain, esp. when students-readers-community are generally accustomed to more autobiographical work (or quasi-autobiographical work; i think of bulosan again and the contention that <I>america is in the heart</I> is NOT exactly his life story), which i think, for example, the fil am community gravitates strongly towards. this isbjaneprhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212077947146090915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-1162677511517786712006-11-04T16:58:00.000-05:002006-11-04T16:58:00.000-05:00I'm with you - characters give you a lot of freedo...I'm with you - characters give you a lot of freedom to talk about things in more imaginitive ways. Whenever I talk about "persona poetry" with high school and college kids, they're always, "Oh, you can DO that?"Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323noreply@blogger.com