November 2010
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one *perfect* example of effective...
Ti Bituen a Suksukdalen ni Manang Linda: Ti Naiduma a Panagimutektek ken Panangiladawan iti Fiksion ni Linda T. Lingbaoan-Bulong Kablaawak ni Manang Linda T. Lingbaoan (-Bulong) iti baro (nga ababa) a novelana iti Bannawag (narugian iti Noviembre 29, 2010 nga issue ti magasin), ti “Saan a Masukdal Dagiti Bituen.” Maragsakanak ta kasla “panagsubli” daytoy ni Manang Linda...
Nov 25th
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September 2010
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palanca, iloko division, by the numbers
(originally posted in my blog, mannurat.com, @ http://mannurot.blogsome.com/2010/09/12/palanca-iloko-division-by-the-numbers/) Kablaaw kadagiti nangabak ita a tawen iti 60th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, nangruna kadagiti mannurat nga Ilokano iti benneg ti sarita nga Iloko (a kakaisuna a kategoria ti Literatura nga Ilokano iti Palanca Awards–iti makunkuna a “Regional...
Sep 11th
August 2010
1 post
description, characterization in (iloko) fiction
(a revised post from a blog entry @ mannurat.com) Adda sumagmamano a queries wenno clarification no ania, aya, daydiay dakdakamatek a descriptions wenno narativo a panagiladawan, panagiparang, exposition, wenno panang-characterise iti maysa a karakter, lugar, pasamak, situasion, pagteng, rikna, buya, kdpy. No diak bigta wenno completely a mailawlawag ita, kas iti panangigunamgunam ni Butch...
Aug 24th
June 2010
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[old] notes on ilokano futuristic fiction and/or...
[a repost from a thread in the old forum of dadapilan.com, posted december 6, 2005 ( http://www.dadapilan.com/ruangan/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=28&topic=21.msg24#new). a preliminary analysis on the entries in a futuristic fiction writing contest in iloko. ATILA is Art Tolentino Ignacio Literary Awards. ] Manipud daytoy iti daan a blogko. Ti narugiak idi a paliiwko kadagiti ...
Jun 2nd
May 2010
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May 16th
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ilokano literary criticism, and poetics: an...
(a repost on my analysis on criticism in Ilokano literature, 2004) Padpadasli, Barbarengli: Sangkabassit a Pammaliiw kadagiti Paliiw ken Agpalpaliiw iti Contemporario a Literatura Iloko Makapabang-ar man, kaniak a biang kas maysa met a napeklan a mangsubsubaybay, ken maysa metten nga enthusiast, nga iti agdama ket adda makuna nga aktibo wenno nabnabiag a diskusion ken dinniskusion, paliiw...
May 2nd
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poetry by senior ilokano citizens: a preliminary...
(a repost of my analysis made as one of the judges in an ilokano poetry writing contest in 2006-2007) DANIW TI NATAENGAN, NATAENGAN A DANIW: PANAGSUKIMAT ITI VERSO KEN PANAGVERVERSO ITI ILOKO TI SUMAGMAMANO A SENIOR CITIZEN NGA ILOKANO A MANNANIW “A poem generates heat. The friction of the language causes the words to spark and fire. You can warm your hands at a poem; you can be consumed...
May 2nd
excellent short stories in 2007: an analysis
(reposting my analysis on an ilokano short story writing contest [actually stories published in Bannawag Magazine in 2007] where i sat as one of the judges) PILI KEN PANAGPILI: BALLIGI DAGITI NAISALUMINA KEN NASUDI Ni Roy V. Aragon “A writer should not provide solutions but describe a situation so truthfully that the reader can no longer evade it.”  — Anton Chekhov “Fiction is...
May 2nd
on translation, by a master translator
edith grossman, the translator of gabriel garcia marquez & other latino writers, has an excellent essay, on, what else, translation, see http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/26/a_new_great_wall?page=full i like this part (emphasis mine, bold): Publishers have their excuses, of course. A persistent but not very convincing explanation is that English-language readers are, for some...
May 1st