Syllabus - Literatures of the Philippines

Republic of the Philippines

Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology

Mati, Davao Oriental

Social Sciences and Humanities Department

Literatures of the Philippines

Course Number: Lit 1

Course Description: This course is a survey of the country’s literatures from the pre-Spanish period to the literary canons of today. It is specifically designed to present our literatures as the imprints of the Filipino way of life, social values, political ideologies and strong religious inclinations, and how these influences evolved side-by-side with the country’s history.

Course Objectives:

                        The general objective of this course is to stimulate appreciation of our own literature by utilizing literary pieces that truly made impact in our country’s social, political, and historical transitions.

                        Specifically, at the end of this course, students should be able to;

·      Trace the origin and development of Filipino writing

·      Read and analyze a literary text using rhetorical devices

·      Develop a broadened Filipino culture reading experience

·      Become aware of the Filipino concerns that are made basis for Filipino literary works

·      Examine the constraints in the formation and dissolution of the Filipino identity

·      Recognize the students’ literary gift that they may contribute to the growth of Philippine literature

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

Course Methods: Lecture/ Discussion, Peer Reviews, Multimedia Literacy Activities (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

I.       

Pre-Colonial Literatures of the Philippines 1.  Folklores ·       Myth, Legend, Folk Tale, and Fable as prototypes of modern short stories -    Elements of Fiction -    Survey of the early settlers and their influences to the age of folklores and epics 2.       Folk Songs 3.       Folk Games ·         Bugtongan, Talinghaga, at Palaisipan 4.       Bulong at Salawikain

Literatures under the sword and cross of Spain -  Survey of Philippine History during the Spanish period 5.       Barlaan at Josaphat 6.       Moro-moro 7.       Urbana at Feliza 8.       Florante at Laura 9.       Ibong Adarna 10.   Karagatan 11.   Duplo 12.   Karilyo 13.   Senakulo 14.   Tibag 15.   Sarsuwela

PRELIM EXAM

Survey of Philippine History at the Birth of Filipino Nationalism 16.   The Propagandists and Ilustrados -    Spotlight on Rizal’s writings -    Graciano Lopez Jaena’s Fray Botod

Survey of Philippine History during Filipinos’ Revolution Against Spain 17.   Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa by Andres Bonifacio

The Impact of American Colonialism in Philippine Literature 18.   Spotlight on Severino Reyes -          Walang Sugat -          Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang 19.   Banaag at Sikat ni Lope K. Santos

MIDTERM EXAM

The Japanese Period 20.   Haiku

The Rebirth of Freedom 21.   Scent of Apples by Bienvinido Santos

Period of Activism 22.   Valediction sa Hillcrest by Rolando Tinio

Period of the New Society 23.   Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon (Film)

Period of the Fifth Republic 24.   Bayan Ko (Song) 25.   Spotlight on Bob Ong

FINAL EXAM

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. (6^th 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

Syllabus - Study and Thinking Skills

Republic of the Philippines

Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology

Mati, Davao Oriental

Social Sciences and Humanities Department

Study and Thinking Skills

Course Number: English 1

Course Description: This course is designed to enrich the students’ basic reading, writing, and research skills as elemental tools they need to face the more intensive college environment. With the topics and exercises specifically planned to be relevant and useful to their academic pursuit, students will be better equipped as they learn to approach their other courses with an improved ability to understand, analyze, and resolve problems.

Course Objectives

        General Objectives:

1.       Make students recognize the importance of language learning as a tool for a more efficient academic pursuit

2.       Let students realize that studying becomes less of a grueling task when structured and approached with the right methods

3.       Maximize the utilization of the library and computer resources in the campus to assist in problems related to research and innovative learning

       

        Specific Objectives:

1.       Relate the importance of effective reading techniques, reading comprehension skills and study skills in a wide range of subjects and situations

2.       Make use of outlining to improve reporting and writing skills

3.       Enhance vocabulary through the use of dictionary, context clues, word grouping, and morphology

4.       Discriminate secondary from primary sources in basic academic essay

5.       Utilize the web as an effective interdependent source of fun language learning exercises

References

Atienza, L. (2003). Basic communication and thinking skills for college freshmen. Philippines: Trinitas Publishing

Belen, V. et al. (2003). Effective study and thinking skills. Philippines: Trinitas Publishing

Course Requirements: Quizzes (group or individual), Exams, Satisfactory Class Attendance, Assignments, Blog/ Forum Entries, Output

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, 25% output, 10% Quizzes/ Assignments, 5% Attendance / Participation = 100%

Course Outline

Using the Library ·   The Dewey Decimal Classification ·   Review on Card Cataloguing ·   The Library Setup Using the Internet

Vocabulary Enhancement            ·         Using the Dictionary            ·         Context Clues            ·         Word Grouping and Morphology

Reading Techniques            ·         Skimming            ·         Scanning            ·         Finding the Main Idea            ·         Identifying Supporting Details

Reading Comprehension Skills            ·         Levels of Reading Comprehension            ·         Drawing Inferences            ·         Drawing Conclusions            ·         Making Generalizations            ·         Making Predictions

Study Skills           ·         Note Taking           ·         Summarizing           ·         Paraphrasing           ·         Text Mapping

PRELIM EXAM

Nominals and Basic Sentence Patterns

Adjectives, Adverbs and Basic Sentence Patterns

Verbs, Verbals and Modals

Preposition and Conjunction

The Sentence and its Classification

MIDTERM EXAM

The Research Essay            ·         Methods of Paragraph Development            ·         Making an Outline            ·         APA Basics            ·         Formulating the Thesis Statement            ·         Writing the Research Essay

FINAL EXAM