Metalingual Analysis of Dalaguetnon Poetry
Volume 7 - Issue 4, April 2024 Edition
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Author(s)
Leo Carlo D. Casinillo, Ma. Cristilina A. Montañez, EdD
Keywords
Cebuano-Bisaya, contextualization, Dalaguetnon poetry, local poetry integration, metalingual analysis
Abstract
The utilization of local literature in English teaching, particularly poetry, creates a sense of familiarity among students. This connection helps students decode meanings; and ultimately, to write. However, aversion to poetry among learners in Dalaguetnon, Cebu, Philippines still persists. This is due to the utilized poems’ foreign content. Using Greenblat’s New Historicism, Barthes’ Connotation-Denotation, and Knickerbocker’s Sense Experience of Imagery as lenses, this study investigates the relatable Dalaguetnon ways of life and living reflected in four Dalaguetnon poems for utilization in the Creative Writing classes. Particularly, it will look into the poems’ imaginary transaction, imageries, and poetic diction. The research design is descriptive as it utilizes discourse analysis that is qualitative in nature. The study concludes that Dalaguetnon poems reflect the culture and heritage of the people. They contain imageries that are mostly kinesthetic and sensual. Moreover, the poems’ diction reveals the Dalaguetnons’ high regard for women; their selfless idea of love; the high value they invest to friendships; and their strong devotion to the Almighty. The study recommends that local poetry be integrated in Creative Writing classes since they contain relatable cultural aspects that can develop English language proficiency, literary writing, and cultural enrichment among Dalaguetnon learners.
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