College of Arts and Letters
University of the Philippines Diliman
Kolehiyo ng Arte at Literatura
Maria Lorena Santos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Literature and gender, Philippine engagements with Anglo-American texts, Jane Austen spinoffs and fan fiction, popular romance studies, the history and politics of the English language
Selected publications:
Book chapters/journal articles/journal reviews:
“Crusoe Comes to Caramoan: The Survival of American Cultural Imperialism in the Philippines.” Robinson Crusoe in Asia. Eds. Steve Clark and Yukari Yoshihara. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. 2021. Pp. 281-300. Book Chapter.
“Guattarian Confluences in Sari Saysay’s Mga Aninipot sa Tahaw Kan Salog (Fireflies at the Center of the River).” Journal of Southeast Asian Ecocriticism. Vol. 1.1 (August 2021): 60-73). Journal article.
“Translating Gender and Culture in Online Incarnations of Jane Austen.” Journal of English Studies and Comparative Literature 16 (March 2017): 126-141. Journal Article - Scholarship/criticism.
“A Truth Universally Acknowledged?: Rewritings of Jane Austen’s Marriage Plot.” Journal of English Studies and Comparative Literature 14 (March 2014). Journal article - Scholarship/criticism.
“Western Texts and New Worlds: Politics of Identity in a Philippine Fan Community.” Philippine Humanities Review 15 (2013): 51-67. Journal article - Scholarship/criticism.
“World War T?: Max Brooks’ Zombies and the American War on Terror.” American Studies Association of the Philippines (ASAP) Journal 2.1 (2012): 55-58. Journal article - Review.
Creative work:
“Austen Passports: Philippines.” Jane Austen Society of Australia’s Chronicle. Edited by Ruth Williams. June 2022. page. 2. Essay.
Eat Your Garden. Published by Www.Filam-Ecograndma.com., 2021. Children’s book (in Bikol, Filipino, and English). Children’s picture book (poetry).
Elias and the Bikol River. 2nd ed. Published by Www.Filam-Ecograndma.com, September 10, 2020. Children’s picture book (in Bikol, Filipino, and English).
Si Elias asin an Salog Naga (Elias and the Naga River), a book in Bikol and English, published by Ina Nin Bicol Foundation, 2017. Children’s picture book.
Textbooks:
Co-author (with Paz Verdades Santos), Something Rich and Strange: 21st- Century World Literature. Quezon City: LJ Graphics and Literacy Exponent, 2019. K-12 textbook.
Co-author (with Marikit Uychoco), Purposive Communication: Communication for Society. Quezon City: Rex Bookstore, 2018. Textbook for tertiary level.