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COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is a study of the literatures of America, with a background in English Literature. The English literary tradition starts with Beowulf up to the present and American literature begins during its Romantic period up to the present. However, the chosen selections are simply representative of the major periods of these two countries’ otherwise vast and stellar literary traditions. PRE-REQUISITE Philippine Literature, World Literature, English Literature GENERAL OBJECTIVES At the end of the course, the students shall be able: 1. COGNITIVE 2. AFFECTIVE 3. PSYCHOMOTOR

to be familiarize with the different histories and works of English and American literature; be acquainted with various literary forms in both English and American literature, with an understanding of themes and ideas represented by the texts, including the stylistics trends through different periods; to be aware of the moral, philosophical and socio-political values embodied in English and American literary works and culture; to parallel the Western literature with our own; to appreciate the works of English and American authors and apply the concepts learned in their own lives.

CREDIT 3 Units TIME ALLOTMENT 3-hour class every week, total of 54 hours in 18 weeks per semester. VALUES TO BE DEVELOPED 1. Trustworthiness 2. Compassion

3. Resilience 4. Respect

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5. Industriousness COURSE REQUIREMENTS 1. Regular class attendance 2. Active participation in oral activities and discussions. 3. Quizzes, class and home works, projects and major exams.

4. Reading of assigned text and other materials. 5. Punctual performance of assigned tasks such as reports, plays, poetry recital, film adaptation, etc.

COURSE EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS Quizzes – 20% Attendance – 5% Recitation – 15% Report, Class/Home work – 20% Periodic/Major Exam – 40% TOTAL OF 100%

PERIOD Preliminary – 30% Mid-Term – 30% Final – 40% TOTAL OF 100%

COURSE CONTENTS PART I. INTRODUCTION AND ANGLO-SAXON TO ENLIGHTENMENT PERIOD WEEK 1–6

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES At the end of this part, the students should be able to: 1. understand the flow of the literary history of the Western world; 2. define Anglo-American literature and its facets; 3. evaluate the first five

TOPICS Overview of the Periods of Literature Definition of Anglo-American Literature Introduction of the cross-over of British to American Literature I. The Anglo-Saxon Era Historical background

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ACTIVITIES Lecture and discussion Pairworks Reports

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Textbook Copies of the literary texts Powerpoint presentation

EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS Recitation Quizzes Classworks Examination

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literary periods of Anglo-American literature and their representative works.

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The Wanderer II. The Middle English Period Historical background Ballads: Lord Randal III. The Sixteenth Century: The Elizabethan Age Historical background William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet / Christopher Marlowe: The Passionate Shepherd to his Love / Sir Walter Raleigh: The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd IV. The Seventeenth Century Historical/cultural background John Milton: On His Blindness V. The Enlightenment Background Alexander Pope: Eloisa to Abelard Thomas Paine: The American Crisis

PART II. ROMANTICISM TO VICTORIAN PERIOD WEEK 7 - 12

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES At the end of this part, the students should be able to: 1. be familiarized with the background and

TOPICS VI. The Age of Romanticism Historical and cultural background Romanticism as a movement William Blake as Pre-Romantic

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literature of the Romantic and Victorian era; 2. point out the literary devices used in the poems and stories; 3. be able to interpret a poem through poetry recital.

poet: “The Lamb”, “The Tiger” Henry David Thoreau: Civil Disobedience / Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter / Edgar Allan Poe: A Tell-Tale Heart / Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Rhodora / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A Psalm of Life VII. The Victorian Era Background Alfred Lord Tennyson: Ulysses / Robert Browning: My Last Duchess Walt Whitman: A Song of Myself / Emily Dickinson: A Charm Invest a Face

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presentation

Poetry recital

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Textbook Copies of the literary texts Powerpoint presentation

EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS Recitation Quizzes Classworks Examination Film Adaptation

PART III. MODERN TO POST-MODERN PERIOD WEEK 13 - 18

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES At the end of this part, the students should be able to: 1. be familiarized with the background and literature of the Modern and Post-Modern era; 2. point out the literary devices used in the

TOPICS VIII. Modern Period (c. 19141945?) Background W. B. Yeats: Sailing to Byzantium / Virginia Woolf: A Room of One’s Own Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken / Ernest Hemingway: The

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poems and stories; 3. be able to illuminate novels written by American writers through film adaptation.

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Old Man and the Sea / William Faulkner: A Rose for Emily IX. Post Modern Period (c. 1945? onward) Background William Golding: Lord of the Flies T.S. Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock / Langston Hughes: Let America be America Again / Sandra Cisneros: Eleven / Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman / Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream / Marsha Norman: ‘Night, Mother

TEXTBOOK Sialongo, Erlinda B., et al. Literatures of the World. Manila: Rex Book Stores, 2007. REFERENCES Most of the texts and information needed can be found in the internet. Marsha Norman’s “’Night, Mother”.

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RIA CRISTINA R. ARGONZA English and Literature Faculty

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DR. ROEL U. HERNANDEZ Humanities and Languages Cluster Head

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