Awit and Corrido: Philippine Metrical Romances

by Damiana L. Eugenio

This book is a study of the metrical romance, as it flourished in the Philippine in the last 18th , 19th and early 20th centuries. Awits are romances written in 20-syllable lines; corridos are those written in 8-syllable lines.

464 pages, Hardcover

About the author

Damiana L. Eugenio was Professor Emeritus in the Department of English, University of the Philippines, and Vice President for External Affairs of the Philippine Folklore Society. She has received several awards for her works, among them: Ina ng Folklor ng Pilipinas, from the U.P. Folklorists, Inc. and the U.P. Folklore Studies Program (1986); Professional Achievement Award in the Humanities (Folklore Studies), from the U.P. Alumni Association (1987); National Book Award for Literary History, for Awit at Corrido, from the Manila Critics Circle (1988); Achievement Award in the Humanities, from the Philippine National Science Society (1989); Catholic Mass Media Award, Best Book in English, for Philippine Folk Literature: The Folktales (1990); 1991 Philippine Board on Books for Young People Life Achievement Award; Gawad CCP Para sa Sining (Cultural Research) (1992); Gawad ng Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas, from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (1993); and a citation for Philippine Folk Literature Series, from the Manila Critics Circle (1995).