A portraiture of the Filipino archetypes in Pugad Baboy

• Main Author: Astudillo, Liezl Rillera
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2010
• Subjects: Wit and humor; Comic books, strips, etc. > Philippines; Archetype (Psychology) in literature; Philippine wit and humor, Pictorial; Arts and Humanities
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11936
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper formulates an interpretative description of the modern Filipino archetypes rooted in Jung's understanding of narrativity. As an attempt to unveil that which is peculiarly Filipino, the paper centers on Pol Medina's Pugad Baboy, a satiric comic strip portraying the story of a community, which comprises a mixture of intriguing characters don't he heavy side. The different caricatures are assumed to embody the Filipino identity as it evolved through time amid continuous changes and development that transpired in Philippine society. Using the method of portraiture, which embraces the idea of inductive analysis and Jung's understanding of symbols, the author aims at reconstructing the reality of persons within the person by identifying the archetypes implicit in the Pugad Baboy comic strips.Consistent with Jung's contentions, the author believes that modern symbols and myths are instrumental in gaining new ways to understand collective and individual experiences. It is for this reason that this particular comic strip. a product of modern art, is chosen as it reveals a lot about Filipinos of today and portrays a cornucopia of qualities that make Filipino distinct from others. The dichotomy between society and individuality and the social expressions of the archetypes are further discussed by discerning the function and implication of symbols in the Philippine context.