![]() Used as primary source is Antonio Pigafetta’s “Primo Viaggio Intorno al Mondo. ![]() It is partly historical because the structure of the narration of the events starting with Chapter 10, the arrival of the first Europeans in the Philippines in March 1521, up to Chapter 16 which marks their departure in May 1521, is essentially based on historical facts. (b) THE BISAYAN falls in the category of historical novel, because it is partly historical and partly fiction. History supposes rigor and exactitude whereas the novel provides fantasy and imagination, in short, literary fiction. Indurain, lies between history and literature, which can narrate events with greater vivacity without the seriousness of the purely historical account that can revive the past, instill it with new life, and penetrate the main characters of a period. ![]() A.- (a) A historical novel, according to C. ![]()
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