Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Syllabus - Literatures of the World


Republic of the Philippines
Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology
Mati, Davao Oriental
Social Sciences and Humanities Department
Literatures of the World

Course Number: Lit 2

Course Description: This is a survey course designed to introduce literature as a form of human expression within a historical, social, and cultural context.

Course Objectives:
                        The general objective of this course is to stimulate appreciation of literature by utilizing literary pieces that are relevant to the students’ field of study and by employing structuralism pedagogy in the planning and execution of the literary concept.

                        Specifically, at the end of this course, students should be able to;
·         Evaluate fiction, poetry, and non-fiction using a working knowledge on rhetorical and literary devices
·         Conduct comparative analysis of literatures turned into films
·         Develop a broadened intercultural reading experience
·         Become aware of the universal human concerns that are made basis for literary works

References
Arambulo, T., Pison, R.J., Rivera, N. (2000). Literature and society. Philippines: UP Open University
Roberts, E. (1988). Writing themes about literature. (6th ed.). USA: Prentice-Hall
Saymo, A., Igoy, J.I., Esperon, R. (2004). World literature. Philippines: Trinitas Publishing

Course Requirements: Regular Attendance, Active Participation, Satisfactorily Passed Quizzes and Exams, Completion of required readings and book reviews

Course Methods: Lecture/ Discussion, Peer Reviews, Multimedia Literacy Activities (Web exercises, film viewing, blog forum, speech drills), Exercise sheets

Classroom Policies: Criteria are set for evaluating students’ performance. Students must satisfy each criterion to pass the course.

Grading System: 15% Prelim, 20% Midterm, 25% Finals, 20% Output, 10% Quizzes/ Assignments, 10% Attendance/ Participation = 100%

Course Content:


The Birth of Philippine Nationalism in Rizal’s Work and Writings
                ·         My Last Farewell
                ·         The Values of/ in Literature
                ·         From Image to Symbol

Reliving the Beauty and Charm of Japanese Haiku
                ·         Basho’s Change and Permanence

Desperate Separation: An Inspiration to Love Poems
                ·         Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines by Pablo Neruda (from The Postman)
                ·         Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare

Black Injustice/ the Apartheid in South America
                ·         Black As I Am by Zinzi Mandela


PRELIM EXAM

Love and Hate in Greek Literature
                ·         Cupid and Psyche
                ·         Understanding Archetypes

On Islamic Contributions
                ·         One Thousand and One Nights
                ·         Review on the Prototypes of Modern Short Stories

The Development of the English Language
                ·         Old English of Beowulf
                ·         Middle English of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
                ·         Early Modern English of Shakespeare
                ·         The Emergence of the Dictionaries

Romanticism Then and Now
                ·         Germany: Grimm’s Fairy Tales
                ·         France: Alexander Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo and Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables
                ·         England: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Blake, Scott, and Byron
                ·         Spotlight Survey on Literary Movements

Understanding Parody and Irony in Fiction
                ·         Balthazar’s Marvelous Afternoon by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Spotlight on Edgar Allan Poe
                ·         The Raven
                ·         Phonological Devices

Speeches that Changed the World


MIDTERM EXAM

Identifying Derivatives From Prototypes
                ·         Pyramus and Thisbe vs. Romeo and Juliet
                ·         Taming the Shrew vs. 10 Things I hate About You

The Book and Film Juxtaposition
                ·         The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Changing Literary Canon
                ·         The Graveyard Book

Constructing Identity, Exploring Gender
                ·         I Rise by Maya Angelou


FINAL EXAM

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