Text: Ang Pagsusulatan ng Magkapatid na si Urbana at Felisa ni Padre Modesto de Castro

- Go online and read excerpts and background of the text Urbana and Felisa. Then proceed
to the following activities. (https://archive.org/stream/pagsusulatannang15980gut/15980-
8.txt)
- You may refer to this link for the supplementary reading on the relevance of Urbana and
Felisa in the 21st centruy context:
- https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/09/08/1366469/how-relevant-urbana-feliza-
today

- For group discussion refer to the given guide questions below.

- Expected Output: An advice letter to the 21st Century Urbana and Felisa (a product of the
group writing task and discussion)

Text Reference:
Reyes, S.S.(1999). Urbana at Felisa. Philippine Studies, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 3-29. Ateneo de
Manila University available:
http://www.philippinestudies.net/files/journals/1/articles/2604/public/2604-3668-1-PB.pdf
(Please refer to your module for the copy.)

Guide Questions for Group Discussion:

1. Discuss the timeliness and/or timelessness of the text Urbana and Felisa.
2. In what way/s do you think Urbana and Felisa speak/s to the present generation?
3. Enumerate and describe possible context and circumstances that determine the
production and creation of a certain text in today’s era.
4. How do these context and circumstances contribute to shaping the consciousness of
the Filipino people particularly the youth?
5. How is significant nineteenth-century text like Urbana and Felisa that promoted good
manners and right conduct challenged by 21st century literature in terms of form and
content?
6. Explain the following statement:

“No text is transparent and its very constitution and subsequent consumption are complex
processes. Embedded in the text are layers of meanings which neither the text nor the writer
was fully aware of.”
Refer to the module for the copy of the text written by Soledad Reyes on Urbana at Felisa.

GROUP 1 - The Priest as the producer of text and The Reader of the text
GROUP 2 - The Social context: The Rise of Middle Class
GROUP 3 - What the text said: The Presence and Fictional Devices
GROUP 4 - Nineteenth Century Filipino
GROUP 5 - The Text as containment
GROUP 6 - Colonizing Woman: Virgin and Martyr
OUTPUT: An Advice letter to the 21st Century Urbana and Felisa (Group Writing Task)
Compose an advice letter using the format in Urbana and Felisa and consider the following
points: (Date of submission will be discussed tomorrow during our class.)
1. Your intended audience (description and characterization)
2. The pervasive beliefs, behavioral patterns, and value system that shape the 21 st
century Filipino youth
3. Your stand to adhering to a “morally purposeful life” and your own perception of a
“model of exemplary conduct and behavior” that should be emulated by youth like
you

Format of the letter:

o A4
o Word processed
o 1 page
o 1. 15 spacing
o 1” margin all sides
o Times New Roman