Title: EMPOWERMENT OF FILIPINO WOMEN AS REFLECTED IN TWENTY FILIPINO SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH

Author: VIRGINIA B. GAVANES

Degree and conferred : Doctor of Philosophy major in English

name and address institution : Manuel L. Quezon University 916 R. Hidalgo St. Quiapo, Manila

Year written: 2005

This study attempted to identify the women empowerment in Philippine society. Specifically it answered the following:

1. What is empowerment in the following areas:

1.1 political;

1.2 economic

1.3 spiritual;

1.4 social; and

1.5 intellectual?
2. How is the empowerment of Filipino women in the aforementioned human areas manifested in each of the twenty selected short stories?

3. How did empowerment affect the personal lives of the women characters in the selected short stories in terms of the

following variables:

3.1 emotionally,

3.2 psychologically;

3.3 socially; and

3.4 spiritually?

4. How was empowerment revealed in the intra-personal relationship of the women characters to their:

4.1 husband;

4.2 children;

4.3 in-laws

4.4 co-workers; and

4.5 friends?

5. What literary devices are employed by the author to depict women empowerment?