Deriada Conference presenters bared

Hubon Manunulat: West Visayan Writers, in cooperation with the Sentro ng Wikang Filipino (SWF) and the Division of Professional Education of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV), will hold Teaching Deriada: The Leoncio P. Deriada Conference on Teaching Literature and Language on April 4 – 5, 2025 at the UPV Little Theater, Iloilo City Campus.

This is the second of a series of annual conferences on Leoncio P. Deriada and his significant contributions to literature and language.  This year, the conference focuses on the teaching of literature and language, that makes use of Deriada’s creative works as instructional materials, and of his critical writings as bases for designing literature lessons for use at specified grade or year levels.

SEAWRITE awardee Dr. John Iremil Teodoro of De La Salle University- Manila will deliver the keynote speech on “Pormalismong Gus-abanay: Ang Pamaagi ng Pagtuturo ayon kay Leoncio P. Deriada.”

The plenary speakers, both from UP Visayas, are Dr. Ferdinand P. Jarin (“Sa Lugar Lang: Ang mga Paglalandas ni Leoncio P. Deriada sa Panitikan ng Rehiyon at Bansa”) and Dr. Aurora Fe Bautista (A Lecture on the Teaching of Language and Literature).

The paper presenters are: Prof. Ma. Cecilia D. Alimen, Ph.D. (University of San Agustin), “Deriada, Freud, and Jung as Literary Frames for Teaching Fiction”;  Dr. John E. Barrios and Prof. Eliodora L. Dimzon (UP Visayas), ‘”Matamis na Lumay”: Kultural na Pananaw sa Pagsasalin ng ‘Kamatayon sang Isa ka Kalye’ ni Leoncio P. Deriada”;  Kharla Mae D. Brillo (Ateneo de Manila University), Translanguaging and Deriada’s The Week of the Whales: The Pedagogy at Work in a Multilingual Literature Class”; Prof. Isidoro M. Cruz, Ph.D. (University of San Agustin), “’Nagtataka Sila’ ni Leoncio Deriada: Ang Nakapagtatakang Tula ng Bisayang Pinoy na Hindi Kilala bilang Makata”; Prof. Noel Galon de Leon (UP Visayas), “Ang Paglalathala bilang Gawaing Pangkultura sa mga Piling Publikasyon ni Leoncio P. Deriada”; Prof. Alfredo B. Diaz (UP Visayas), “Deriada’s Drama (The staging of select plays of Dr. Leoncio P. Deriada as a pedagogical tool)”; Jan Marvin A. Goh (University of Santo Tomas), “Gothic Encroachments and Ecological Disruptions: Pedagogical Prospects of Leoncio Deriada’s The Week of the Whales (1994)”; Aren R. Hallegado (UP Visayas), “Education Through Eviction: A Historical-Materialist Critique of Leoncio Deriada’s Duta Para sa mga Iskolar sang Banwa”; Jay M. Maravilla (Ubaldo L. Conde High School), “Of Asuns and Bernardos: A Postcol-Feminist Gaze on Deriada’s The Day of the Locusts”; Jose Anthony Gerard V. Muyco (West Visayas State University), “Following the Giant’s Shadow: A Frame Semantic Reading of Leoncio Deriada’s Nightmares as Basis for Teaching Flash Fiction Writing”; Angel Marie P. Peñano (UP Visayas), “Examining Environmental Consciousness: A Gaia-Centered Ecocriticism of Leoncio Deriada’s The Day of the Locusts”; Rowell D. Salulog (Leonora S. Salapantan National High School), “Literary Darwinian Perspective on Leoncio Deriada’s The Dog Eaters”; and Maria Anjelica C. Wong (UP Visayas), “From Sustainability to Planetarity: Teaching Planetary Thinking through the Selected Short Stories of Leoncio Deriada.”

The Conference will also feature the awarding ceremonies of the first-ever Leoncio P. Deriada Literary Prize Open Category, along with a book sale.

The Conference forms part of the celebration of National Literature Month. Literary scholars, writers, teachers and students of literature and language are invited to attend this conference.  For details on conference participation, click this link: https://forms.gle/ZnBAoqwoaWLW29wx9