Anglo American Literature

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DOCUMENT NO.: CEAS-SYL-001 DATE OF EFFECTIVITY: 11-08-2012

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONThis 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-REQUISITEPhilippine Literature, World Literature, English Literature

GENERAL OBJECTIVESAt the end of the course, the students shall be able:

1. COGNITIVE 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;

2. AFFECTIVE 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;

3. PSYCHOMOTOR to appreciate the works of English and American authors and apply the concepts learned in their own lives.

CREDIT3 Units

TIME ALLOTMENT3-hour class every week, total of 54 hours in 18 weeks per semester.

VALUES TO BE DEVELOPED1. Trustworthiness2. Compassion

3. Resilience4. Respect

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5. Industriousness

COURSE REQUIREMENTS1. Regular class attendance2. 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 EVALUATIONREQUIREMENTSQuizzes – 20%Attendance – 5%Recitation – 15%Report, Class/Home work – 20%Periodic/Major Exam – 40%TOTAL OF 100%

PERIODPreliminary – 30%Mid-Term – 30%Final – 40%TOTAL OF 100%

COURSE CONTENTSPART I. INTRODUCTION AND ANGLO-SAXON TO ENLIGHTENMENT PERIOD

WEEK SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES TOPICS ACTIVITIESINSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS

1 – 6 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;

Overview of the Periods of LiteratureDefinition of Anglo-American LiteratureIntroduction of the cross-over of British to American LiteratureI. The Anglo-Saxon EraHistorical background

Lecture and discussionPairworksReports

TextbookCopies of the literary textsPowerpoint presentation

RecitationQuizzesClassworksExamination


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3. evaluate the first five literary periods of Anglo-American literature and their representative works.

The WandererII. The Middle English PeriodHistorical backgroundBallads: Lord RandalIII. The Sixteenth Century: The Elizabethan AgeHistorical backgroundWilliam Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet / Christopher Marlowe: The Passionate Shepherd to his Love / Sir Walter Raleigh: The Nymph’s Reply to the ShepherdIV. The Seventeenth CenturyHistorical/cultural backgroundJohn Milton: On His BlindnessV. The EnlightenmentBackgroundAlexander Pope: Eloisa to AbelardThomas Paine: The American Crisis

PART II. ROMANTICISM TO VICTORIAN PERIOD



7 - 12 At the end of this part, the students should be able to:

1. be familiarized with

VI. The Age of RomanticismHistorical and cultural background

Lecture and discussionPairworks

TextbookCopies of the literary texts

RecitationQuizzesClassworks


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the background and 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.

Romanticism as a movementWilliam Blake as Pre-Romantic 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 LifeVII. The Victorian EraBackgroundAlfred Lord Tennyson: Ulysses / Robert Browning: My Last DuchessWalt Whitman: A Song of Myself / Emily Dickinson: A Charm Invest a Face

Reports Powerpoint presentation

ExaminationPoetry recital

PART III. MODERN TO POST-MODERN PERIOD



13 - 18 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-

VIII. Modern Period (c. 1914-1945?)BackgroundW. B. Yeats: Sailing to Byzantium / Virginia Woolf: A Room of One’s Own

Lecture and discussionPairworksReports

TextbookCopies of the literary textsPowerpoint presentation

RecitationQuizzesClassworksExaminationFilm Adaptation


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Modern era;2. point out the literary

devices used in the poems and stories;

3. be able to illuminate novels written by American writers through film adaptation.

Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken / Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea / William Faulkner: A Rose for EmilyIX. Post Modern Period (c. 1945? onward)BackgroundWilliam Golding: Lord of the FliesT.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

TEXTBOOKSialongo, Erlinda B., et al. Literatures of the World. Manila: Rex Book Stores, 2007.

REFERENCESMost of the texts and information needed can be found in the internet.Marsha Norman’s “’Night, Mother”.


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PREPARED BY:

RIA CRISTINA R. ARGONZAEnglish and Literature Faculty

REVIEWED BY:

DR. ROEL U. HERNANDEZHumanities and Languages Cluster Head

APPROVED BY:

DR. ROWENA R. DE GUZMANCollege of Education, Arts and Sciences

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