LITERARY CRITICISM syllabus DOCX

Title	LITERARY CRITICISM syllabus
Author	Chester Derequito
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FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY Nicanor Reyes St., Sampaloc, City of Manila Institute of Education Bachelor in Secondary Education - English ENG 204: LITERARY CRITICISM Second Semester, SY 2013-2014 Professor: Mr. Chester Derequito, M.A.Ed. Prerequisites: Structure of English, Literature Courses, Language Curriculum Credits: Three (3) units Course Description: This course provides academic avenues by which the major of English shall be led to understanding the Trajectory of Literary Histories as theoretical precursors for the study of literary theory and criticism—from author-dependent to text-dependent and to the reader-dependent theories. Achievement of learning shall be gleaned from series of serious assessments taking the forms of theoretical exams (objective tests on literary concepts), and practical exams such as oral defense, public colloquium and written discourse via reflection journals, which are in-class writing activities, as well as individual and collective in-class discussion participations. Students are expected to manifest in-depth and clear theoretical understanding of the critical theories and all related concepts with appropriate textuality and intertextuality with, and pigeon-holing into chosen literary texts, relevant disciplines such as philosophy, history, sociology, religion, psychology, and other fields of intellectual endeavors. It is assumed that students have a good working grasp of these related disciplines for textuality and intertextuality purposes. Such theoretical understanding must enable students to come up with publishable critical papers and/or research papers and/or theses that lucidly demonstrate their intellectual adeptness in juxtaposing the three important concerns: (1) in-depth understanding of lenses of literature; (2) in-depth understanding of literature contents from the prerequisite courses, and (3) theory which must culminate in (4) literary criticism, both presented in oral and written discourse. Emphatically, the literary papers and the public literary research colloquium are the terminal outputs that must showcase students' competence in literary research and interpretation of specific texts. The course envisions that such research papers must be collectively presented in a compendium after three-staged colloquium with the professor. Initially, the mode of instruction is highly professor- led, however eventually; such instructional mode will graduate into highly engaging student-led activities. Hence, initial instructional endeavors by the professor must be highly enabling through task and competency-based mechanisms. This syllabus sets the academic standards and direction for each student to achieve at a certain level of criterion. To be in such criterion level, students have to accept proactively academic responsibilities mandated by the course, with corresponding high degree of academic accountability. Topical Divisions in Three Grading Periods The THREE major divisions are: PRELIM PERIOD will spotlight the Trajectory of Literary History of the Philippines (1) Filipino Literature vis-à-vis Filipino Culture and History (2) Filipino Literature : Perspectives from Culture, history, Politics, philosophy (3) Literature vs. History (4) Three Periods in the Literary History of the Philippines: Texts, Themes, Developmental Turns Pre-Colonialism (Identity Undefined) Colonialism (identity Shaping and Defining) Post Colonialism (IdentityDefined)...