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Understanding Jose Garcia Villa’s Footnote
to Youth
Olive Joy G. Abing
College of Arts and Sciences, Iloilo Science and Technology University
Iloilo City, Philippines
[email protected]
Date Received: March 8, 2018; Date Revised: August 16, 2018
Asia Pacific Journal of
Multidisciplinary Research
Vol. 6 No.4, 38-45
November 2018
P-ISSN 2350-7756
E-ISSN 2350-8442
www.apjmr.com
CHED Recognized Journal
ASEAN Citation Index
Abstract – This study analyzes the short story Footnote to Youth by Jose Garcia Villa using five literary
theories. This aims at finding out what Footnote to Youth means as interpreted in terms of Biographical
Criticism, Reader Response Criticism, Formalism, Archetypal Criticism, and Feminist Criticism theories.
This study makes use of the descriptive-qualitative design specifically the content analysis using literary
criticism in interpreting the literature. This research utilized text evaluation through triangulation using
the short story itself as the primary source of data and secondary data in the form of interview of Villa’s
close acquaintances, related documents (i.e. published letters), other literary texts and online conversations
with the ultimate goal of yielding valid and trustworthy inferences. In interpreting the short story, five
literary theories classified by Abrams’ Major Literary Classification of Literary Theories were used. As
analyzed, the story could be: an expression of Villa’s yearning for a father figure in his life, a message
extending caution to the readers on the pitfalls of teenage marriage, an exhibit of the ‘literariness’ of Villa’s
workmanship, a symbolic representation of archetypes and a reflection of the undermined the roles of
women in the society.
Explanation:
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Understanding Jose Garcia Villa’s Footnote
to Youth
Olive Joy G. Abing
College of Arts and Sciences, Iloilo Science and Technology University
Iloilo City, Philippines
[email protected]
Date Received: March 8, 2018; Date Revised: August 16, 2018
Asia Pacific Journal of
Multidisciplinary Research
Vol. 6 No.4, 38-45
November 2018
P-ISSN 2350-7756
E-ISSN 2350-8442
www.apjmr.com
CHED Recognized Journal
ASEAN Citation Index
Abstract – This study analyzes the short story Footnote to Youth by Jose Garcia Villa using five literary
theories. This aims at finding out what Footnote to Youth means as interpreted in terms of Biographical
Criticism, Reader Response Criticism, Formalism, Archetypal Criticism, and Feminist Criticism theories.
This study makes use of the descriptive-qualitative design specifically the content analysis using literary
criticism in interpreting the literature. This research utilized text evaluation through triangulation using
the short story itself as the primary source of data and secondary data in the form of interview of Villa’s
close acquaintances, related documents (i.e. published letters), other literary texts and online conversations
with the ultimate goal of yielding valid and trustworthy inferences. In interpreting the short story, five
literary theories classified by Abrams’ Major Literary Classification of Literary Theories were used. As
analyzed, the story could be: an expression of Villa’s yearning for a father figure in his life, a message
extending caution to the readers on the pitfalls of teenage marriage, an exhibit of the ‘literariness’ of Villa’s
workmanship, a symbolic representation of archetypes and a reflection of the undermined the roles of
women in the society.
Explanation: