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Streetprint Manila is a research project that is part of a larger research endeavour called “Six Continents and Between”. Initiated by Prof. Gary Kelly of the University of Alberta, 6CAB seeks to investigate popular print culture across various geographical, sociocultural, and ethnolinguistic contexts. More specifically, it aims to look at reading patterns and preferences of the Filipino Everyman, or those whom we would largely consider members of the “masa” class.
Perhaps the precursors of the modern-day romance novel can be traced to the popular forms awit (song) and corrido (narrative ballad). Quoting Gabriel Bernardo, Dr. May Jurilla differentiates these metrical romances based on their measure and tempo: the awit has lines made up of twelve syllables and set to music in andante, while the corrido has eight syllables in its lines and is set to allegro.
