Course Outline / Syllabus

Course Number :Engl_5
Title : Philippine Literature
Department / Program ; BSCS / BSSA / CT /Comp. Prog .
Semester and School Year : 2nd Semester , 2007 – 2008
Instructor : ____________________

Course Description
This course treats mainly on the development of Philippine Literature from the Early Period to the Modern Period . The course attempts to bring together within the covers of single instructional material the best that has been said and taught in Philippine Literature . It also provides varied and meaningful learning experiences that make the teaching and learning experiences more relevant , more meaningful and value oriented . Selected literary pieces written by great Filipino writers are studied in this subject.

Course Objectives ( Desirable Objectives )

At the end of the course , students should be able to :
1. Foster appreciation and love for literature .
2. Develop and strengthen worthwhile values through reading literary masterpieces .

Course Methodology / Strategies
1.Lecture Discussion
2. Group Dynamics
3. Individual Reporting
4. Role Playing

Course Outline and Timeframe
I. Introduction
_ A. Literature
_ B. Criteria of a Good Literature
_ C. Types of Literature
_ D. Four Literary Genres
_ E. Approaches to Literature
II. The Early Period (1900-1930)
_ A. Footnote to Youth – Jose Garcia Dead Stars – Paz Marquez Benitez
_ B. Where’s My May? – Fernando Ma. Guerrero
_ C. Sonnet I – Jane Garcia
_ D. What’s An Educated Filipino – Francisco Benitez
_ E. To A Last One – Angela Manalang Gloria
III. The Middle Period (1930-1960)
_ A. The Wedding Dance – Amador T. Daguio
_ B. How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife – Manuel Arguilla -
_ C. Three Generations – Nick Joaquin
_ D. Like the Molave – R. Zulueta da Costa
_ E. Sonia – Francisco Icasiano
_ F. Dirge – Vidal A. Tan
IV. The Modern Period (1960-1975)
_ A. The House on Zapote Street – Nick Joaquin (Quijano de Manila)
_ B. The Visitation of the Gods – Gilda Cordero
_ C. The Filipino Woman – Carmen Guerrero Napkil
_ D. Change– G. Burce Bunao
V. Oral Lore From Precolonial Times ( - 1564 )
_ A. Introduction
_ _ 1. Riddles -
_ _ 2. Proverbs ( Tagalog
_ _ 3. Short Poems ( Tagalog )
_ _ 4. - - Ambalan ( Mangyan ,
_ _ 5. Songs
_ _ 6. Folk Epic
VI. Literature Under Spanish Colonialism (1565 – 1897)
VII. Literature Under U. S. Colonialism (1898 – 1945)
VIII. Literature Under The Republic (1946 – 1985)
IX .Literature After EDSA (1986 – 1945)

Required Readings
Groghan , Richard SJ . The Development of Philippine Literature in English . Phoenix Publishing House Inc . Quezon City , 1975 .
Lumbera , Bienvenido and Lumbera Cynthia Nograles . Philippine Literature . Revised Edition . A History and Anthology . Anvil Publishing Inc ., 2000.

Suggested Readings
1. Internet
2. Other Philippine Literature Books / Modules

Course Requirements
1.Class Attendance and Class Participation
2.Activities and Exercises
3. Major Examination
4. Reports
5. Blogs
6. Forum
7. Research Paper / Reaction Paper
8. Tree Planting
9. Interpretation and analyses of the different literary types .
10. Comparison and contrast of the various types of literature .
11. Critical Analysis of masterpiece

Consultation Hours

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