For Cris Al Maglinte Cagoscos & Classmates
Cebu Technology University-Moalboal Campus
“Literary Analysis: Narrative Strategies and Cultural Implications in Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Short Stories”
Re "Flip Gothic" and "Woman with Horns", we would like to ask what inspired and motivated you to write these two stories and how they relate to your past experiences.
Hi, Cris,
Thank you and your classmates for your interest.
I highly recommend that you do some research as well about my work – see links below, and there are more links listed in my official website.
Recommended Links:
https://ceciliabrainard.com/ - Click on “About” and check out Interviews and Sources
The Cebuana in the World: Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Writing Out of Cebu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLo3H-Pdy1g&t=355s
Visit and search “Woman With Horns” and “Flip Gothic” in my blog: https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/
Re Woman with Horns
Woman with Horns was one of my earlier short stories when I was interested in the historical background of Cebu, albeit transformed as Ubec in my imagination. In schools I had been taught that “Magellan discovered the Philippines” which I realized was a fallacy because the Philippines had people way before Magellan showed up. In other words that statement “Magellan discovered the Philippines” was coming from a Eurocentric point of view. I was keenly aware of the Western orientation in the Philippines, by the books we read, the movies that we saw, the music that we danced to, our awe at American or European cultures.
