Philippine Literature Course Syllabus SY 12 - 13

Philippine Literature

1^st Semester, SY 2012 – 20123

Thelma V. Villaflores

Course Requirements and Activities

1.    Tanaga 

2.    Carillo  

3.    Pinoy Trading Cards

4.    Pinoy Komiks

5.    Classroom Participation

6.    Assignments

7.    Quizzes and Major Examinations

Course Outline

1.    Introduction

a.    Definition of Literature

b.    Criteria of a Good Literature

c.    Types/Genres of Literature

2.    Literary Devices

3.    Pre-colonial Literature

A.   Folk Literature

a.    Folk narratives

                                       i.    Myth – The Story of Bathala

                                      ii.    Legend – The Legend of the Spider

                                    iii.    Folktale – The Boy Called Juan Pusong

                                    iv.    Epic – Ibalon

                                      v.    Fable – The Monkey and The Turtle

b.    Folk speeches

                                       i.    Riddle

                                      ii.    Proverb 

c.    Folk songs

B.   Short Poems (Tanaga & Ambahan)

4.    Spanish Colonial Period

a.    Notable Works – Doctrina Christiana, Ang Barlaan at Josaphat, Ang Pasyon, Urbana at Felisa, Ibong Adarna, Florante at Laura

b.    Recreation Plays – tibag, lagaylay, cenaculo, panunuluyan, salubong, carillo, zarzuela, sainete, moro-moro, karagatan, duplo, balagtasan, dung-aw, awit, corrido

5.    Enlightenment Period

a.    Propaganda Movement – Fray Botod, Ninay, Noli me Tangere, El Filibusterismo

b.    Active Revolution  

6.    American Colonial Period 

a.    Philippine Literature in English - Carlos P. Romulo, Jose Garcia Villa, Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero, Manuel Arguilla, Nick Joaquin, Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, N.V.M. Gonzales

b.    The Philippine Cinema

c.    Tanikalang Ginto

d.    Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang

7.    Commonwealth Period

a.    Three Rats

b.    Dead Stars

c.    How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife

d.    Freedom from Want

e.    My Father Goes to Court

f.     Like the Molave

8.    Japanese Occupation

a.    Scent of Apples

b.    May Day Eve

c.    The Summer Solstice

d.    The House on Zapote Street

e.    New Yorker in Tondo

f.     A Eulogy of Roaches

g.    Haiku

9.    Philippine Contemporary Literature

a.    Dekada 70

b.    People Power

c.    Popular Literature

d.    Komiks

e.    Tagalog Romance Pocketbooks

References:

Books:

David – Maramba,  Asuncion. (Ed.). (1993). Philippine contemporary literature: in English and Filipino. Metro Manila:  Bookmark, Inc.

Del Castillo, Teofilo T and Medina, Buenaventura  Jr. S. (1974). Philippine literature : from ancient times to the present.  Quezon City:  Philippine Graphic Arts, Inc.

Enriquez, Delia C. (2006). Philippine literature: a regional approach, 2^nd ed. Mandaluyong City: National Bookstore.

Kahayon, Alicia H and Zulueta, Celia A. (2000). Philippine literature through the ages. Pasig City: National Bookstore

Lacia, Ferdilyn C et al. (2008). The literatures of the Philippines. Manila: Rex Bookstore, Inc.

Lumbera, Bienvenido and Lumbera, Cynthia N. (2002).  Philippine Literature:  a history and anthology, revised ed. Caloocan City:  Scholars’ Printing Press

Serrano, Josephine B. and Ames, Trinidad M. (_____). A survey of Filipino literature in English.:  from apprenticeship to contemporary.

Tan, Arsenia B. (1995). Introduction to literature.  Pasig City:  Academic Publishing Corporation

Websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_mythology

http://folklore.philsites.net/stories/heroism1.html

http://folktales.webmanila.com/

http://homepage.mac.com/mila.d.aguilar/_Media/fighting_the_panopticon.pdf

http://kapitbisig.com/

http://panitikan.com.ph

http://pasyalan.net/legends/fireflies.php

http://pinoylit.webmanila.com/

http://socyberty.com/folklore/hudhud-war-epic-of-ifugao/

http://www.alamat.com.ph/2011/07/alamat-ng-gagamba-spider-legend.html

http://www.filipiniana.net/publication/the-adarna-bird-a-filipino-tale-of-pre-spanish-origin-incorporated-in-the-development-of-philippine-literature-the-rapid-growth-of-vernacular-belles-letters-from-its-earliest-inception-to-the-present-day/12791881668039/6/0

http://www.philippinealmanac.com/2010/07/698/the-literature-of-ancient-filipinos.html

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Literature/philippine_literature_in_english.htm

http://www.slideshare.net/raileeanne/philippine-literature-boa

http://www.thephilippineliterature.com/

IMPORTANT SITES:

Students’ handouts – http://tayoymgapinoy.blogspot.com/

Information – http://announcementsnschedules.blogspot.com/

Grades – http://mystudentsgrades.blogspot.com/

Facebook:  Philippine Literature