THE LANDSCAPE

OF PHILIPPINE
FICTION
If there is one thing Filipinos love

It is a

Good dramatic story

 Filipinos can find easily find themselves
in one of the characters whom they
watch on TV

The optimistic little girl who is

tormented by evil relatives
The poor rich girl who has everything
but can never be as optimistic as the
poor protagonist
 FICTIO
N
Story that is entirely made up
and is not true.
At times may resemble reality
but pure circumstantial
 In Philippine literature, there are many
stories that have shaped the way Filipinos
read and view their surroundings.

Noli Me Tangere
El Filibusterismo
Techniques of Fiction
Fiction just like
any good story,
starts with a
great character.
 CHARACTER

Is the one you relate with,

converse with or listen to the thoughts of
Character and the way he
or she changes as the
story progresses become
the driving force of fiction.
 ever-changing

confusing
bratty
kind
annoying
complicate
 INTENTI
ON
sets the plot for the short story
You see how well- rounded the protagonist is
and what he or she is capable of doing just
to get what he or she desires.
Depending on the outcome of the story, the
character may either triumph or fail, and
seeing how the character reacts to these
changes also sets the tone for the climax
 SYMBOLI
Character, object orSM
event
that signify something else
from its original meaning
 IRONY
what is said by a character is not what
he or she originallyVerbal Irony
mean.
when the actual outcome of a situation
is different from the expected outcome.
Situational Irony
(twists and turns)
readers know more than the characters
Dramatic Irony
in the story
What is your definition
of sadness?
 MERLINDA BOBIS
Dancer
Visual artist
Writer
Born on Legaspi City, Albay
Completed her post-graduate
degrees from the University of
Sto. Tomas and the University of
Wollonggong in Australia
Writes in English and Filipino
(Tagalog and Bikolano)
 MERLINDA BOBIS THEME OF
WRITING

Diaspora Magic realism

a literary or artistic genre in which
the dispersion of any realistic narrative and naturalistic
people from their technique are combined with
surreal elements of dream or
original homeland. fantasy

Immigrant cultures
The Sadness Collector
Writing visits like grace. Its greatest
gift is the comfort if not the joy of
transformation. In an inspired
moment, we almost believe that
anguish can be made bearable and
injustice can be overturned, because
they can be named. And if were lucky,
joy can even be multiplied a
hundredfold, so we may have reserves
in the cupboard for the lean times.

- Merlinda Bobis
FICTION
The character
moves in the
world imagined by
the writer, they
interact, talk, win,
lose, leave or stay
 A place may not be a place it was chosen by the
writer because it fits perfectly the situation the
characters are going or will be going through.
Things inside the world such as a vase, a letter, a
picture, a mirror may mean more than mere objects.
They may symbolize an important part of the story or
may serve as objects of remembrance or memories
for the characters.
 ALLEGORY
f the whole story is a symbolism
he Plot Structure of Fictio
Aristotle once declared that for
a story to be considered a
story, it must have a beginning,
a middle, and an end,
 PLATO
Adhered to the idea of an
organic unity in fiction that the
interdependent parts of a story
are all needed to create a whole.

If one part is lost, the story

cannot stand on its own
Gustav
Freytag
A German novelist realized
that plots of stories and
even novels have common
patterns which can be
Exposition
Beginning of the story, wherein the writer
sets the scene by the introducing the
characters, describing the setting, and
sometimes will give a brief background if
the story.
 INCITING
INCIDENT
Small events and tell tale signs
that tell you that the conflict is
about to begin.
Also known as the complication
of the story
 RISING
ACTION
Is when the complication begins
to show itself on the characters,
setting, and events in the story.
This is when the story starts to
become more exciting.
 CLIMAX
The event with the greatest tension in
the story.
The point wherein the characters know
the truth, act on their impulses, make
rash decision or decide to do something,
and so on.
This part usually signals how the story
 FALLING ACTION
Result of the climax, and it is the part when
things start falling into place for the
characters.
Reaching the conclusion of the story, the
story reaches a premature resolution of the
conflicts, problems, and issues that were
raised in the previous parts of the story.
 DENOUEMEN
T
From the French term that means the ending.
This is where the story reaches its final conclusion and
the writer starts to get ready to tell the ending by the
way of explaining a finality, a flashback, a peace
treaty, or anything to make the story complete.
It also include an explanation of what had happened
and how characters think or feel about this.