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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART 7: MAJOR ART MOVEMENTS THAT INFLUENCED LITERARY STYLE AND TECHNIQUE

Ambit's Gambit: PART 7: MAJOR ART MOVEMENTS THAT INFLUENCED LITERARY STYLE AND TECHNIQUE
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART 6: CRITICIZING THE TECHNIQUE OF POETRY -- THE ORDER OF STRUCTURAL PARTS

Ambit's Gambit: PART 6: CRITICIZING THE TECHNIQUE OF POETRY -- THE ORDER OF STRUCTURAL PARTS
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Ambit's Gambit: PART 5: CRITICIZING THE TECHNIQUE OF POETRY

Ambit's Gambit: PART 5: CRITICIZING THE TECHNIQUE OF POETRY
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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART 4: CRTICIZING THE STYLE OF POETRY --- LINGUISTIC DEVICES: LITERARY DEVICES

Ambit's Gambit: PART 4: CRTICIZING THE STYLE OF POETRY --- LINGUISTIC DEVICES: LITERARY DEVICES
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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART 3: CRITICIZING THE STYLE OF POETRY --- LINGUISTIC DEVICES

Ambit's Gambit: PART 3: CRITICIZING THE STYLE OF POETRY --- LINGUISTIC DEVICES
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Friday, September 25, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART 2: CRITICIZING THE STYLE OF POETRY

Ambit's Gambit: PART 2: CRITICIZING THE STYLE OF POETRY
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART 1: CRITICIZING POETRY --- THE ARTISTIC PURPOSE AS A BASIS FOR LITERARY CRITICISM

Ambit's Gambit: PART 1: CRITICIZING POETRY --- THE ARTISTIC PURPOSE AS A BASIS FOR LITERARY CRITICISM
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PRACTICUM 3: CRITICIZING POE'S TECHNIQUE IN "AMONTILLADO"

Ambit's Gambit: PRACTICUM 3: CRITICIZING POE'S TECHNIQUE IN "AMONTILLADO"
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PRACTICUM PART 2: CRITICIZING POE'S STYLE IN "AMONTILLADO"

Ambit's Gambit: PRACTICUM PART 2: CRITICIZING POE'S STYLE IN "AMONTILLADO"
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Monday, September 21, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: LITERARY CRITICISM: A PRACTICUM --- APPLYING THE NORMS

Ambit's Gambit: LITERARY CRITICISM: A PRACTICUM --- APPLYING THE NORMS
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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART 9 LITERARY CRITICISM: CRITICIZING TECHNIQUE IN FICTION --- THE EFFECTIVE SCALE AND OTHER TECHNIQUES

Ambit's Gambit: PART 9 LITERARY CRITICISM: CRITICIZING TECHNIQUE IN FICTION --- THE EFFECTIVE SCALE AND OTHER TECHNIQUES
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Friday, September 18, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART 8 LITERARY CRITICISM: CRITICIZING TECHNIQUE IN FICTION --- EFFECTIVE CHARACTERIZATION

Ambit's Gambit: PART 8 LITERARY CRITICISM: CRITICIZING TECHNIQUE IN FICTION --- EFFECTIVE CHARACTERIZATION
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART 7 LITERARY CRITICISM: CRITICIZING TECHNIQUE (FICTION) --- WHAT IS AN EFFECTIVE PLOT?

Ambit's Gambit: PART 7 LITERARY CRITICISM: CRITICIZING TECHNIQUE (FICTION) --- WHAT IS AN EFFECTIVE PLOT?
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART 6 LITERARY CRITICISM; CRITIZING TECHNIQUE (FICTION) --- THE EFFECTIVE POINT OF VIEW

Ambit's Gambit: PART 6 LITERARY CRITICISM; CRITICIZING TECHNIQUE (FICTION) --- THE EFFECTIVE POINT OF VIEW
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART 5 LITERARY CRITICISM: CRITICIZING TECHNIQUE IN FICTION

Ambit's Gambit: PART 5 LITERARY CRITICISM: CRITICIZING TECHNIQUE IN FICTION
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Monday, September 14, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART 4 LITERARY CRITICISM: FOCUSING ON THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE

Ambit's Gambit: PART 4 LITERARY CRITICISM: FOCUSING ON THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART 3 LITERARY CRITICISM; CRITICISING STYLE

Ambit's Gambit: PART 3 LITERARY CRITICISM; CRITICISING STYLE
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Friday, September 11, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: PART II LITERARY CRITICISM: DISCOVERING THE ARTISTIC PURPOSE

Ambit's Gambit: PART II LITERARY CRITICISM: DISCOVERING THE ARTISTIC PURPOSE
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Ambit's Gambit: A THEORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM IN AN EMPIRICALLY-BASED APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE: PART I

Ambit's Gambit: A THEORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM IN AN EMPIRICALLY-BASED APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE: PART I SECTION 1: CRITICIZING FICTION
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LOL Literatures in Other Languages: Azade Seyhan

LOL Literatures in Other Languages: Azade Seyhan on Writing Outside the Country
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Monday, September 7, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: POETRY: A HARVEST OF NEW POEMS AND OLD (REWRITTEN)

Ambit's Gambit: POETRY: A HARVEST OF NEW POEMS AND OLD (REWRITTEN)
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Friday, September 4, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: FICTION: A HARVEST OF TALES SO FAR

Ambit's Gambit: FICTION: A HARVEST OF TALES SO FAR
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

LOL Literatures in Other Languages: Ma. Lourdes S. Bautista on code-switching

LOL Literatures in Other Languages: Ma. Lourdes S. Bautista on code-switching
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
ALBERT B. CASUGA, a Philippine-born writer, lives in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, where he continues to write poetry, fiction, and criticism after his retirement from teaching and serving as an elected member of his region's school board. He was nominated to the Mississauga Arts Council Literary Awards in 2007. A graduate of the Royal and Pontifical University of St. Thomas (now University of Santo Tomas, Manila. Literature and English, magna cum laude), he taught English and Literature (Criticism, Theory, and Creative Writing) at the Philippines' De La Salle University and San Beda College. He has authored books of poetry, short stories, literary theory and criticism. He has won awards for his works in Canada, the U.S.A., and the Philippines. His latest work, A Theory of Echoes and Other Poems was published February 2009 by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House. His fiction and poetry were published by online literary journals Asia Writes and Coastal Poems recently. He was a Fellow at the 1972 Silliman University Writers Workshop, Philippines. As a journalist, he worked with the United Press International and wrote an art column for the defunct Philippines Herald.
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The Blogger's Books

Summer Suns (short story collection with Cirilo F. Bautista, Manila, UST Press, 1962); Narra Poems and Others (poetry collection, San Beda College Publications, Manila, 1968); Still Points (poetry collection, Flores & Associates, Manila, 1972); In a Sparrow's Time (poetry collection, Infocom, Canada, 1990); Songs For My Children (poetry collection, Infocom, Canada, 1996); The Aesthetics of Literature (Literary Theory and Criticism, De La Salle University, Manila, 1972); Editor: Man in Search of Meaning: Literature (Humanities Series, Asia Foundation & DLSU Textbook Committee, Manila, 1970); Man and His Literary Past: The Classical Tradition (Asia Foundation & DLSU Textbook Committee, Manila, 1971); A Theory of Echoes and Other Poems (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, Manila, 2009). The author's prose and poetry are anthologized in books published in the Philippines, Canada, United States, Australia, and Indonesia.

A Theory of Echoes and Other Poems (Selected Poems, 2009, UST Publishing House)

Songs for my childen and Other Poems (1996, Infocom, Canada)

In a Sparrow's Time (Selected Poems) (1990, Infocom, Canada)

The Aesthetics of Literature (Literary Theory and Criticism) (De La Salle University Publications, 1972, Manila)

Narra Poems and Others (San Beda College Publications, 1968, Manila)

Still Points (Selected Poems) (Flores & Associates, Manila)

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