Cirilo F. Bautista's Stories and Wolfgang Iser's reception theory

• Main Author: Baytan, Ronald
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1992
• Subjects: Bautista; Cirilo F > Collected works; Iser; Wolfgang > Criticism and interpretation; Short stories; Philippine
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1107
• Institution: De La Salle University

When one reads a piece of literature, one goes through the dynamic processes embodied in Wolfgang Iser's reception theory. In this study, Iser's reception theory has been applied to arrive at a significant interpretation of the two short stories in Cirilo F. Bautista's Stories, namely: The Man Who Made a Covenant with the Wind and Ritual. This study involves a careful reading of the two stories, and discusses the reader's reactions to the text as he goes over it paragraph by paragraph.In the analysis of the two short stories, one can see how Iser's process of reading works, and how the reader has come up with his interpretation. The Man Who Made a Covenant with the Wind is Mike, who has done it because of pride. In Ritual, Going Beyond is deviance. By breaking the laws and traditions of his tribe, Dayleg has become a deviant, he has gone beyond. With the ritual, he embraces his roots once more.The conclusion is a summary of the whole study, and includes a recommendation, that Iser's reception theory be applied to the reading of other stories, not only those written by Bautista, but by other Filipino writers as well.