International Journal of Scientific and Management Research

Socio-political Context of The First Play-Poem “Ang Kagila-Gilalas Na Pakikipagsapalaran Ni Juan Dela Cruz” Of Jose Lacaba

John Cavin M. Sabonsolin¹*, & Dr. Lito Diones^2
1Faculty, Department of Communication, Biliran Province State University, Philippines
²Faculty, Department of Literature and Languages, Cebu Normal University, Philippines
DOI- http://doi.org/10.37502/IJSMR.2022.5511

Abstract

Poetry is a central model of human beings’ use of words to explore, express, and understand (Simecek and Rumbold, 2016). Dramatizing poetry encourages students to consider poetic themes and substance more fully and unlocks the meaning of poems in various ways. (Ferguson, 2014) In the Philippines, it was the University of the Philippines (UP) Repertory Company which developed the convenient form of the first play-poem (dula-tula), “Ang Kagila-Gilalas Na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Juan Dela Cruz”. This literary study assumes that there is a sociopolitical context in the first play-poem, “Ang Kagila-Gilalas Na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Juan Dela Cruz” in today’s societal issues. Using critical discourse analysis, the researcher explores the local colors, figurative languages, and poem messages that reveal sociopolitical. The researcher anchors the realism and Marxism literary theories on the analysis of the play-poem. Results indicate that the first play- poem shows sociopolitical through local colors, figurative languages, and messages. The study confirms that the first play-poem of Jose Lacaba have sociopolitical context embedded in their literary element.

Keywords: play-poem, Jose Lacaba, Philippines, socio-political, drama

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