Ethics, representation, and a "Filipino ecocriticism" of Yolanda in Daryll Delgado's Remains

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creativework.keywordsPhilippine climate disaster, Typhoon Yolanda, Filipino ecocriticism, Filipino ecological imagination, ethical representation, disaster literature
dc.contributor.authorMilan, Mylene C.
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-10T02:00:59Z
dc.date.available2026-08-10T02:00:59Z
dc.date.issued2026-06
dc.description.abstractEven over a decade since super typhoon Haiyan (known as Yolanda in the Philippines) struck central Visayan regions of the archipelago, survivors continue recalling their mortifying experiences at the mention of the storm. However, literature continuously flourished to keep the memory not only of the destruction but also of the survival and resilience that surrounded its aftermath. Jeffrey Santa Ana regards this literary intelligence as a "Filipino ecocriticism," which discloses how historical violence aggravated weather events across the Philippines and the Southeast Asian region. Using this lens in the close reading of Daryll Delgado's novel Remains (2019), this article intersects issues of ethics and fictionality on the representation of real-life experiences in the wake of the most devastating land-falling storm in modern Philippine meteorology. It draws insights on postcolonialism, positionality, and ethical witnessing from the works of Sarita See, Walter Benjamin, Jocelyn S. Martin, and an online interview with the author herself. Towards the end, this article ultimately discloses "literarising truths" as a non-neutral approach on the sociopolitical realities that lies at the core of representing climate disasters
dc.identifier.citationMilan, M. C. (2026). Ethics, representation, and a "Filipino ecocriticism" of Yolanda in Daryll Delgado's Remains. Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, 20(1), 40–56. https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v20i1.4182
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v20i1.4182
dc.identifier.urihttps://lakasa.dmmmsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/2297
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAsiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/ajell/article/view/4182
dc.sdgSDG 13
dc.sdgSDG 11
dc.sdgSDG 16
dc.subjectEcocriticism
dc.subjectFilipino literature
dc.subjectPhilippine literature
dc.subjectTyphoon Haiyan (Yolanda)
dc.subjectClimate disasters in literature
dc.subjectLiterary representation
dc.subjectEnvironmental literature
dc.subjectPostcolonial literature
dc.subjectEthics in literature
dc.subjectEthical witnessing
dc.subjectDaryll Delgado
dc.subjectRemains
dc.subject.ddcPhilippine literature in English
dc.subject.lcshPhilippine literature (English)--History and criticism
dc.subject.lcshEcocriticism
dc.subject.lcshTyphoons in literature;
dc.subject.lcshDisasters in literature
dc.subject.lcshClimate change in literature
dc.subject.lcshPostcolonialism in literature
dc.subject.lcshEthics in literature
dc.subject.lcshNatural disasters--Philippines
dc.titleEthics, representation, and a "Filipino ecocriticism" of Yolanda in Daryll Delgado's Remains
dc.typeArticle
oaire.citation.endPage56
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage40
oaire.citation.volume20
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