On Wilfrido Ma. Guerreros Frustration: Denouncing Official Culture of traditional Asian Family

Antonius Herujiyanto(1*),

(1) Universitas Sanata Dharma
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


The purpose of this study is twofold, looking into a Philippine dramatic text, Wilfrido Ma. Guerreros three-act play Frustration, and finding the meaning of the work. The aim of bringing to bear upon it the analytical perspectives of New Criticism, Russian Formalism and Structuralism, is to highlight the belief that any approach implemented is but to reveal its covert meaning. This is indirectly agreeing with the credo lart pour lart and that of the so-called instrumentalism [or rather, antirealism] instead of exercising the weird attitude of investigating the political style of pretending to appreciate and be concerned with literary works.

Keywords: criticism, colonialism, culture, covert meaning


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/joll.v14i1.396

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