Andrea Marie Kassandra M.

Buñag
Gr. 11 STEM - Luna

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas Region)

1. Province: Palo, Leyte
Title of literary work: “An Iroy Nga Tuna” (The Motherland)
Author: Iluminado Lucente
Genre: Lyric poetry
Facts of publication (publisher, place published, year published):
 Publisher: MAWPHIL Records
 Place Published: Diliman, Quezon City
 Year Published: 1978
Gist (what is it about? - 3 to 5 sentences only):
Filipino people celebrate as the country is now in liberty. All are in glee and grateful
for there is no bondage to bear anymore. A country under slavery is believed to be
worse than death. As Filipinos experience independence, they will fight for their will
as they let the three stars and sun set.

2. Province: Borongan, Eastern Samar

Title of literary work: “Tribute: An Anthology of Contemporary Philippine Fiction
(Fish, Flies, Dogs and Woman)”
Author: Timothy R. Montes
Genre: Short Story (Contemporary Philippine Fiction)
Facts of publication (publisher, place published, year published):
 Publisher: Anvil Publishing Inc.
 Place Published: Mandaluyong, Metro Manila
 Year Published: 2001
Gist (what is it about? - 3 to 5 sentences only):
A woman was telling Mana Biben about her progress in life from a fish seller to the
town's largest fish trader in their town. She had a husband who was a gambler and the
reason why the woman was selling fish. As she tried to enter in the Attorney’s house,
she was faced with dogs whom the woman fought, and Attorney Sabate’s daughter
who is holding her baby that carries so many burdens. As the woman learned to
overcome her fear and to gain confidence, she got a stall in the marketplace, and will
never let his husband “touch” her.

3. Province: Tacloban City, Leyte

Title of literary work: “Gabu”
Author: Carlos A. Angeles
Genre: Lyric Poetry
Facts of publication (publisher, place published, year published):
 Publisher: Alberto S. Florentino
 Place Published: Manila
 Year Published: 1963
Gist (what is it about? - 3 to 5 sentences only):
There is a well known beach located in Gabu. As the person watches the sea, one
observes how rough and brutal it was. One may even contemplate life just by
perceiving it such as the seas pursue a habit of shores. To conclude that the seas of
Gabu are different from any other places.
Andrea Marie Kassandra M. Buñag
Gr. 11 STEM - Luna

Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) - Zamboanga del Norte,

Zamboanga Sibugay, and Zamboanga del Sur {Dapitan, Dipolog,
Pagadian, Zamboanga, and Isabela}
1. Province: Zamboanga City
Title of literary work: “Word Without End”
Author: César Ruiz Aquino
Genre: Dramatic Poetry
Facts of publication (publisher, place published, year published):
 Publisher: Anvil Publishing Inc.
 Place Published: Mandaluyong, Metro Manila
 Year Published: 1993
Gist (what is it about? - 3 to 5 sentences only):
Where the sun emerges in the east started with the persona’s bewilderment. The
woman can be compared with a goddess with a divine nature. However, with failure
of making the first move, no communication has emerged between them. Hence, the
infatuated person deviated resulting into an eternity of desperate longing.

2. Province: Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte

Title of literary work: “Casa Gorordo in Cebu: Urban Residence in a Philippine
Province, 1860-1920”
Author: Resil B. Mojares
Genre: History Book
Facts of publication (publisher, place published, year published):
 Publisher: Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc.
 Place Published: Cebu City, Cebu
 Year Published: 1983
Gist (what is it about? - 3 to 5 sentences only):
Casa Gorordo is one of the most carefully curated museums in the Philippines. The
Gorordo House was settled by the Gorordo Family during the late 19th Century. It
describes every aspects of the house, from its architecture, to its rooms. The story of
the family within the city is not only what is being mentioned, but it emphasized its
collective histories as well.

3. Province: Zamboanga del Sur

Title of literary work:
Author: Emigdio Alvarez Enriquez
Genre: Novel (Fiction, Traditional, Mystery)
Facts of publication (publisher, place published, year published):
 Publisher: Secker & Warburg; 1st English ed. edition
 Place Published: London
 Year Published: 1960
Gist (what is it about? - 3 to 5 sentences only):
Although the heroine, Ercelia's, smoldering love and guilt would appear laughably
ordinary and artificial in normal circumstances, set in the strange blend of firmly
Catholic, far exotic Mindanao, it emerges with tragic clarity. The sensuous blooming
of the lovely heroine is met with self flagellation by her contemporaneous villagers,
who see her as a model of purity. Her simultaneous death and climax have dark and
passionate undertones of medieval Catholicism and Eastern sensuality.