Plotting Ilustrado: Fragments, Layers, and Blank Spaces in Miguel Syjuco’s Postmodern Narrative and Metadiscourse in the Search for the Great Filipino Novel

• Main Author: Natividad, Carolyn Pile
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: Ilustrado; Miguel Syjuco; postmodern narrative; Filipino novel; fragmented narrative; pansexual genre; chaotics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol8/iss1/1; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/paha/article/1264/viewcontent/PAHA_208.1_201_20Article_20__20Natividad.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Miguel Syjuco’s Ilustrado begins with the illusion of convention that lulls readers into complacency. As readers follow the story and find their feet, however, the path begins to crack. What begins as a novel about a search for The Great Filipino Novel turns into a postmodern narrative and metadisco...