Doon Po Sa Amin: Ang Bisa ng Awit Bilang Isang Tula

In this lecture, Dr. Coroza talks about awit at tula (song and poetry), and its historical and current significance in Philippine oral tradition.

The full learning packet (transcripts, slides, etc.) will be available on https://arete.ateneo.edu/connect/magi....

Michael M. Coroza, Ph.D., is Professor and current Chair of the Department of Filipino, School of Humanities, Ateneo de Manila University, where he handles graduate and undergraduate courses in Filipino Literature, Creative Writing (Poetry), and Literary Translation. A multi-awarded poet, essayist, literary translator, and editor, he received the Southeast Asia Write (S.E.A.Write) Award from the Royalty of Thailand in 2007 and the Ani ng Dangal (Harvest of Honor) Award from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in 2009. In 2019, the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) or Commission on Filipino Language proclaimed him as “Kampeon ng Wika” (Language Champion) in the fields of Literature and Translation. He received the Rev. Henry Lee Irwin, SJ, Memorial Teacher Award for the Humanities from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2016. He is concurrently the Chair of the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) or Writers’ Union of the Philippines and of the National Committee on Language and Translation (NCLT) of the Sub-commission on Cultural Dissemination of the NCCA.

He has two volumes of poetry, three storybooks for children, and a number of critical essays published in national and international journals such as Malay Indonesian Studies, Philippine Studies, Bulawan Journal of Philippine Culture and the Arts, Daluyan, and Unitas. Together with premier poets Teo T. Antonio and Victor Emmanuel D. Nadera Jr., he has performed the Balagtasan, traditional poetic joust in significant occasions in the Philippines and in cities abroad like Singapore, Honolulu, Hawaii, San Francisco, California, and New York City.

The Magisterial Lecture series is a collection of selected talks from Ateneo classes, delivered by some of the University’s most respected faculty members. They are produced and shared for the benefit of learners everywhere. Magisterial Lectures will be available on Arete’s YouTube channel for free.

Magisterial Lectures is an Arete Production done in partnership with The Department of Communication, Loyola Schools and the Eugenio Lopez Jr. Center for Multimedia Communication.

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