Monday, January 28, 2013

Post-colonial Theory

 Ganito kami noon, Paano kayo ngayon?

A young Filipino living at the end of the 19th century has his own agenda for his life -- he wants to travel and experience new places. His agenda is cut short when he inadvertently gets involved with a whole underground of marginal characters, including one priest who is a father in both the clerical and secular sense of the term and needs to find his son. Both the young man and the priest gain in following and power as the Filipino revolt against the Spaniards grows. Complicating everything is an attractive woman, and the young man will soon have to decide which direction he really wants to take -- that of a revolutionary leader, or the solitary wanderer that still resides somewhere inside him.

Interpretation :
 
Ganito kami noon, Paano kayo ngayon is an example of Post-Colonialism Theory. This story situates the readers to the history and it shows the negative impacts that a colonized country has undergone. It features men dealing with poverty and its impact on women's lives. The play melds the dark realities of life under the Spaniards. The reality of this story being adapted from the ideas which surrounds a colonized country is perfectly considered under the post-colonialism literary theory. 

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