Jose Garcia Villa's Life and Works PDF

Life and Works of Jose Garcia Villa How does Jose Garcia Villa’s life serve as an inspiration to aspiring artists of this generation? Quick Draw 1. Take out a piece of paper and a pen. 2. Think of the answer to this question: Which object do you think best resembles the fun...

Life and Works of Jose Garcia Villa How does Jose Garcia Villa’s life serve as an inspiration to aspiring artists of this generation? Quick Draw 1. Take out a piece of paper and a pen. 2. Think of the answer to this question: Which object do you think best resembles the function of a national artist in society? 3. Based on your answer, draw what symbolizes a national artist.  Vocabulary Words flowering (noun) - the season or period when a plant’s flowers bloom luminance I am excited to see what my rose bushes (noun) - the intensity of light emitted by an will look like during their flowering. object; being luminous bow The pirate’s greed was magnified by the (noun) - a curved piece of wood with a gemstones’ luminance. string connecting its ends (as in violins) When violinists take care of their hover instrument, they don’t neglect to (verb) - to remain near maintain the bow as well. something/someone slender Hilda is often distracted by Zelda’s (adjective) - gracefully thin tendency to hover around her while she works. While watching their performance, Lucia was enamored by the slender ballerinas. Jose Garcia Villa On August 5, 1908, Jose Garcia Villa was born in Malate, Manila. He is one of the six children of Dr. Simeon Villa and Guia Garcia. At the age of 15, Villa was able to publish his first story in the Manila Times, the oldest existing newspaper in the country. During his college years, he became a charter member of Jose Garcia Villa In his second year of law school, he wrote Man Songs, a series of erotic poems, under his nom de plume O. Sevilla. This work appeared in the Philippines Herald and caused him to be suspended from the UP Writers’ Club. Eventually, he was expelled. In 1929, he migrated to the United States. He enrolled at the University of New Mexico where he finished his B.A. degree and then enrolled for postgraduate studies at Columbia University. Jose Garcia Villa He spent the rest of his life in New York, where he produced poetry and worked as an associate editor, editor, and lecturer. He held private poetry workshops at his Greenwich Village apartment where he was named “Pope of Greenwich Village.” He received many nominations and awards for his poetry. In 1973, he received an honorary doctorate in literature from the University of the Philippines. In 1973, he was named as National Artist for Literature. Jose Garcia Villa’s Writing Style Villa is known and remembered as the man who transformed Philippine poetry. He challenged the literary conventions and crafted styles and subjects that became the subjects of study and imitation. Reversed consonance rhyme scheme – In this rhyme scheme, the last sounded consonants of the last syllable are reversed to form the corresponding rhyme. Examples: ○ lips and spill ○ right and tear Jose Garcia Villa’s Writing Style Comma poems – These are poems in which a comma is placed after every word. ○ Villa said, “The commas are an integral and essential part of the medium; regulating the poem’s verbal density and time movement: enabling each word to attain a fuller tonal value, and the line movement to become more measured.”  Lyric 17 Jose Garcia Villa Guide Questions 1. What meaning can you glean from the poem? 2. Based on what you learned about Jose Garcia Villa’s life, what do you think inspired him to write this poem? 3. Jose Garcia Villa is known for his innovative styles of poetry. Describe the structure of the poem. Is it unique from other poems you have seen before? 4. Do you think “Lyrics 17” reflects the work of a National Artist? Why or why not? Read the given poem carefully and answer the questions that follow. Responses should be backed up by textual evidence. 136 Jose Garcia Villa 1. Based on what you learned about Jose Garcia Villa’s writing, which style did he make use of for this poem? Why do you think he chose this style for this particular poem? 2. What meaning can you glean from the poem? 3. Did the writing style help or hinder you from understanding the poem? 4. Do you think Jose Garcia Villa’s background and experiences are reflected in the poem? Why or why not? 5. Taking both “Lyric 17” and “136” into consideration, do you think they reflect the work of a National Artist? Why or why not?  Values Integration How does learning about Jose Garcia Villa’s poems deepen your appreciation of poetry? 1. Form groups with three to four members. 2. Write your own short lyric poetry in the style of Jose Garcia Villa. The poem must adhere to the following parameters: a. The poem must make use of either the reversed consonance rhyme scheme or the comma poem. You only need to use one of the two. b. The poem should be at least 12 to 16 lines long. c. You can choose any subject you wish. 3. On a separate piece of paper, write a short analysis (500 words) of your poem. The analysis must answer the following questions: a. Which style between the reversed consonance rhyme scheme and the comma poem did you choose? Why did you choose this particular style? b. Why did you choose the topic you wrote about? Did the topic dictate the style you chose, or did you choose a style based on the topic? Why did you make your decision in that manner? c. Which part(s) of writing the poem did you find to be easy? Which part(s) was/were difficult?  Assignment 1. Research on Jose Garcia Villa’s other poems. Choose a poem that has not been discussed and make a copy of it. 2. On a separate piece of paper, answer the following questions in three to five sentences each: a. Why did you choose this particular poem? b. Take note of the style in which the poem was written. Why do you think he chose this style for this particular poem? c. What meaning can you glean from the poem? Did the writing style help or hinder you from understanding the poem? d. Do you think the poem reflects the work of a National Artist? Why or why not? 3. Submit both a copy of the poem and your analysis.