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@article{ART002253529},
author={Ki, Hyunjoo},
title={The Possibility of Filipino Literature as the Basis for a Multicultural Society: Reading Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, and The Portrait of an Artist as Filipino},
journal={Journal of Modern English Drama},
issn={1226-3397},
year={2017},
volume={30},
number={2},
pages={5-35}

TY - JOUR
AU - Ki, Hyunjoo
TI - The Possibility of Filipino Literature as the Basis for a Multicultural Society: Reading Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, and The Portrait of an Artist as Filipino
JO - Journal of Modern English Drama
PY - 2017
VL - 30
IS - 2
PB - 한국현대영미드라마학회
SP - 5
EP - 35
SN - 1226-3397
AB - This paper examines the possibility of Filipino literature as the basis for a multicultural society by discussing two representative Filipino plays. Taking into account that Korean society is becoming multicultural due to the increase in Chinese Koreans, migrant workers, and foreign brides among others, it is imperative to provide Koreans and others with a multicultural education. For a multicultural society, mutual understanding and egalitarian relationships between Koreans and immigrants are necessary, but policies have emphasized the assimilation of migrant workers and foreign brides to Korean society. At this point, I argue for Filipino literature education as multicultural for college students. The rationale for this is that the number of Filipino immigrants or workers is relatively high compared to other immigrants. In addition, Filipino literature has rarely been taught in colleges despite the fact that some postcolonial and multicultural literary works from other previously colonized countries have been canonized. The methodology of multicultural education is examined through the discussion of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow by Aurelio Tolentino and The Portrait of an Artist as Filipino by Nick Joaquin. The two plays, produced in the times when the Philippines were under colonial powers, represent Filipinos not as merely the oppressed but as subjects fighting, killing, and negotiating with Chinese, Spanish, and American colonizers in sequence to obtain independence. The reading of the two plays from postcolonial points of view will help Koreans to look at and interpret Filipino history and culture from their own viewpoints, freed from ideologies and prejudices of the west. It will also contribute to the establishment of the multicultural society by promoting Koreans’understanding toward Filipino immigrants and Filipinos.
KW - multicultural society;Filipino literature education in colleges;Yesterday;Today;and Tomorrow;The Portrait of an Artist as Filipino;postcolonial perspective
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Ki, Hyunjoo. (2017). The Possibility of Filipino Literature as the Basis for a Multicultural Society: Reading Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, and The Portrait of an Artist as Filipino. Journal of Modern English Drama, 30(2), 5-35.

Ki, Hyunjoo. 2017, "The Possibility of Filipino Literature as the Basis for a Multicultural Society: Reading Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, and The Portrait of an Artist as Filipino", Journal of Modern English Drama, vol.30, no.2 pp.5-35.

Ki, Hyunjoo "The Possibility of Filipino Literature as the Basis for a Multicultural Society: Reading Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, and The Portrait of an Artist as Filipino" Journal of Modern English Drama 30.2 pp.5-35 (2017) : 5.

Ki, Hyunjoo. The Possibility of Filipino Literature as the Basis for a Multicultural Society: Reading Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, and The Portrait of an Artist as Filipino. 2017; 30(2), 5-35.

Ki, Hyunjoo. "The Possibility of Filipino Literature as the Basis for a Multicultural Society: Reading Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, and The Portrait of an Artist as Filipino" Journal of Modern English Drama 30, no.2 (2017) : 5-35.

Ki, Hyunjoo. The Possibility of Filipino Literature as the Basis for a Multicultural Society: Reading Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, and The Portrait of an Artist as Filipino. Journal of Modern English Drama, 30(2), 5-35.

Ki, Hyunjoo. The Possibility of Filipino Literature as the Basis for a Multicultural Society: Reading Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, and The Portrait of an Artist as Filipino. Journal of Modern English Drama. 2017; 30(2) 5-35.

Ki, Hyunjoo. The Possibility of Filipino Literature as the Basis for a Multicultural Society: Reading Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, and The Portrait of an Artist as Filipino. 2017; 30(2), 5-35.

Ki, Hyunjoo. "The Possibility of Filipino Literature as the Basis for a Multicultural Society: Reading Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, and The Portrait of an Artist as Filipino" Journal of Modern English Drama 30, no.2 (2017) : 5-35.