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Syllabus in English 17 LITERATURES OF THE WORLD

I. COURSE IDENTIFICATION: A. Course Code: B. Course Title: C. English 17 Literatures of the World Course Description: This is a three-unit course that offers the continued study of literary forms or genres exemplified by selected literary texts from various countries, written during different historical periods. This course aims to acquaint students with different literary pieces and genres. It seeks to develop appreciation of literatures among students.

D. Course Objectives: At the end of the course, the students should be able to: 1. Appreciate the breadth and depth of literatures in other countries; 2. Understand the different literary genres; 3. Demonstrate understanding and appreciation of literary pieces all over the world; and 4. Correlate literary pieces with present day situation. E. Pre-requisites: None F. Credit Units: 3 G. Number of hours: 54 H. Course Requirements: Quizzes/ Written Compositions Major Exam Class Participation Seatwork/ Assignment Total:

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UNIVERSITY PHILOSOPHY The university serves the individual by providing the student with a nurturing environment for optimal human flourishing. It serves the community by offering programs responsive to individual and social needs. UNIVERSITY VISION The Cagayan State University shall be recognized by the entire region and the nation as a credible and distinguished center of higher education in Northern Luzon. It shall likewise establish its own niche in the global academic community. It shall endeavor to improve from it previous best, showing that it enjoys the leading edge in all that pertains to education. UNIVERSITY MISSION The Cagayan State University shall make quality education and formation towards the different professions accessible to all who may come to it, and who measure up to its standards. It shall be an academic community given to instruction, research and extension. It shall not in any way discriminate on bases unrelated to education.

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III.COURSE OUTLINE: Topic Subject Objectives Strategies Evaluation Time Allotmen t 1 hour

Introduction and expectation of the course Review of Literary Genres and Common Devices Used in Literature A. Poetry 1. England I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth The Passionate Shepherd to his love by Christopher Marlowe The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd by Sir Walter Raleigh She Was a Phantom of Delight By William Wordsworth Sonnets 18, 29, 116 by
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Express ones expectation from the course Recall the basic terms and the common devices used in literature. Draw out the meanings of the poems. Paraphrase the poems. Describe the tone, mood, local color, imagery and figures of speech in the poems. Compare and contrast Poetic interpretation Comparative Analysis of the poems Preparing of collage based on the images of the poems. Setting the poems Graded recitation Quizzes Poetry criticisms

1 hour

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Shakespeare 2. America Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Fog by Karl Sandburg The Rhodora - Emerson 3. Africa / Nigeria Telephone conversation 4. China The Songs of the Four Seasons 6. Japan Haikus 7. Lebanon The Prophet 8. Persia / Iran Rubaiyat

poems as regards theme, into music. subject matter, style and form.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION Draw out the meanings of the poems. Paraphrase the poems. Describe the tone, mood, local color, imagery and figures of speech in the poems. Compare and contrast poems as regards theme, subject matter, style and form. B. Short Stories God Sees the Truth but Waits (Russia ) The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe The Train From Rhodesia (Africa) An Open Letter to a Young
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1 hour 5 hours Poetic interpretation Comparative Analysis of the poems Graded recitation Quizzes

Analyze the stories through the elements of the plot. Exploit the use of literary devices, imagery, flashback, foreshadowing, figures of

Assimilation Drawing of semantic webs of the events in the stories. Class Interaction

Literary Criticism

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Person with an Enemy (Germany) Jesse Owens The Izu Dancer (Japan) My Lord, The Baby -Rabindranath Tagore (India)

speech, tone, mood, point of view. Discuss the literary devices such as point of view and symbols used in the stories. Make critical judgment on characters in the stories. Identify the themes of the selection and their significance or relevance to life.

Role Playing

C. Essay Of Studies Francis Bacon Of the Greatest Man Michael de Montaigne

Express personal reaction to a selection read and discussed. Write reaction paper about the essays read. Acquire facts and ideas from the essays relevant to life. Express personal reactions to the essay. MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Written report Brainstorming

Quiz Recitation Reflection

4 hours

1 hour Film Viewing Quizzes 10 hours

D. Epic Beowulf (England)

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Compare and contrast

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El Cid (Spain) Iliad (Greece) Odyssey (Greece) Aenid (Rome)

the different traits of central heroic characters in the epic that have made them worthy of emulation in our present day and age. Deduce general truths or moral lesson from specific situations in the epics.

Oral report Discussion on the comparison and contrast of epics Student Interaction

Recitation Reflection Paper

E. Drama Oedipus the King The Glass Menagerie

Learn the elements and structure of a play. Respond to the play. Identify the conflicts in the play. Evaluate how the setting contributes to the mood of the play. Pass ethical judgment on the characters in the play. Explain the importance of the theme of the play I real life situations. FINAL EXAMINATION

Group work / dynamics Creating dialogues Plotting the story lines Writing of Skit Dramatization

Written Exam

7 hours

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IV. References: Balabar, Corazon, et.al., Gems in Philippine Literature, National Bookstore, Inc. Copyright 1989, Kalayaan Press Mktg. Ent., Inc., Diliman, Quezon City Boyd, M. M., Creative Livingfour, W.J. Gage & Co., Limited, Toronto, Canada Buxton, E. W., Creative Livingfive, W.J. Gage & Co., Limited, Toronto, Canada Evangelista, Susan, Asian Literature: A Historical Anthology For College, Alemar- Phoenix Publishing House, Inc., Quezon City, Philippines, 1978. Kral, Thomas, Twelve Famous Americans , (Reading and Listening skills Text for Students of English As A Foreign Language), English Teaching Division, Office of Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Information Agency, Washington, D.C. 20547 1984. Mc Dougal, Little, Literature and Language, Little McDougal Co., New York, 1992 Neruda, Pablo, 100 Love Poems, Latin America, 1995 Profeta, L.M. & Estolas, J.V., Visions, National Bookstore, Quezon City, 1976. The Literatures of the World (Ang Literatura ng Mundo) Technical Subcommittee on Literature Technical Panel on Humanities, Social Sciences and Communication Commission on Higher Education, Manila 1997

Prepared by the English Faculty Members of CSU- College of Information and Computer Science: Rey Cel Atienza Catherine Batnag Jenelyn Domingo
Approved: Generino P. Siddayao, MIT Dean, CICS

Marn Caldez Eden Labio Delva Rose Ligwang

Wendell Paned Marlon Ringor

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