The one act play, Sepang Loca, by the prize-winning author, Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio is undeniably a well-crafted play. As a proof, it was hailed internationally when it was first staged at the play circle of the University of Wisconsin on May 22, 1957. Furthermore, it was also included in the Second Philippine Writers Series of the University of the Philippines Creative Writing Center and published by the U.P Press bearing its own name entitled, Sepang Loca and Others, which is a definitive volume of works in English by the author herself.
With the use of Plato’s concept of mimesis, the play proves t... whose responsibility is to construct roads and bridges for the people to progress, not to create and destroy the history. The Son’s focalization moves from changing an impending future to a present which is also a past, “And yet now, this you see was once the village dustroad.” This route is not yet a highway and no longer a dustroad but a connecting of the two—temporal multiplicity. It does not help us to broaden up our perspective in regards with the past which is highly connected with the unfolding of the present and the future. ... is a victim of a nasty man who takes advantage to her insanity. In the conclusion when Sepa kills her son and they are put together, it is an allegory of Mother and Son not merely as rural victims of urban capital and catholic expansion, but as laying bare casualties of the violent, masculinism of patrimony of Philippine burgis.1 Finally, The play does n...
However, analyzing the play using Horace’s concept on proper decorum, we can conclude that Bonifacio’s style is ...
...it seeks to “envery unique. The use of circular plot and countless flashbacking is effective in catching the readers’ attention. Her language or choice of words ...
...it seeks to “envery unique. The use of circular plot and countless flashbacking is effective in catching the readers’ attention. Her language or choice of words ...
1. As elaborated by Francisco and Carriola, burgis is a term used to describe a particular “culture of class” in the Philippines. Both “economic condition and sensibility”, burgis refers to the 10-15 percent of the Philippine population conspiring the middle class with political, social, and economic power primarily reside.
Reading the play through Longinus concept of sublime, we can say that Sepang Loca is extremely ... next scene to be unfolded.
After reading the play, I felt ...
... the modern era. I also pity Sepa because she seems to be hopeless, desperate and terrible. It seems that death is the only resort for her and her baby.
... the modern era. I also pity Sepa because she seems to be hopeless, desperate and terrible. It seems that death is the only resort for her and her baby.
In terms of censorship, I think there is...
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