ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the nearest literary criticism to use in “Minsan may isang Gamo Gamo”?
A
Feminist
B
Sociological
C
Historical
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Minsa’y Isang Gamu-gamo (English: Once a Moth) is a 1976 Filipino protest drama film directed by Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara with a story and screenplay by Marina Feleo-Gonzales. It stars Nora Aunor, Jay Ilagan, Gloria Sevilla, and Perla Bautista.

Detailed explanation-2: -A few times in May and June, an insect known as a flying termite or “gamu-gamo” gather on street and house lights. It is also during these times when the rainy season begins in the Philippines.

Detailed explanation-3: -In this context when one is likened to a pig, it connotes an unseemly regard for someone. It is an animal that its main purpose of being fattened is to be butchered later on. Incapacitated to reason out and decide and so there is no other purposeful reason for living.

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