REVISED BACHELOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (MAJOR IN ENGLISH) PROGRAM

COURSE CODE: PHIL_LIT

COURSE TITLE: PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
COURSE CREDIT: 3 Units (3 hours per week)
PRE-REQUISITE(S): None
TYPE OF COURSE: BSEd English Course
DOMAIN: Teacher Training/Education

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Philippine literature enhances the students’ information of literature from Spanish colonial to present. This three-unit course serves as an introduction to
literature with a particular focus on the corpus of literatures in the Philippines. It constellates the different literary works from the different regions of
the Philippines and elucidate historiography in different moving moments of temporal and spatial dimensions. This course emphasizes on the different
readings and interpretations of literature through the different lenses. Moreover, it exposes the students to the styles and techniques used by different
Filipino authors throughout the generations.

COURSE OUTCOMES: In this course, the students will:

- Identify the literary work of the Philippines.
Find the specific literary work from the early Philippine literature
- Identify the author, genre and purpose to write this novel
Analyze the language ‘Gaddang’
- Need to explain pre-colonial times to figure out beginning of colonial era of literature
- Organize the literary work during the Spanish colonial
- Judge the classical literature work in Spanish
- Explain the poetry during Spanish colonial
- Identify notable work or author in poetry
- Analyze the metrical romance during Spanish colonial
- Identify notable work or author in metrical romance
- State the drama during Spanish colonial
- Identify notable drama works and authors

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- Determine the religious drama during Spanish colonial
- List down the notable religious drama work and author
- Criticize the secular drama during Spanish colonial

- Illustrate notable secular drama work and author

- Breakdown the American colonial

- Compute literary work during the American colonial period

- Identify literary work during the contemporary period

- Classify modern literature

- Identify literature work during the 20th and 21st century

Generalize notable Philippine literary works

Name the notable Philippine literary author

List down the notable Hiligayon and Ilonggo literary author

Criticize the Cebuano literature

Identify Cebuano literary works

Choose of Ilokono literature and explain it

Identify Ilokono literary works

Evaluate Pangasinan literature to identify

Identify Pangasinan literary works

Formulate the Waray literature

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Identify Waray literary works

COURSE OUTLINE: LEARNING PLAN

Week and
No. of Topics Learning Outcomes Assessment Methods and Resources
Hours
Week 1 Course introduction
(3 hours)

Week 2 The literary forms in Identify the literary work Analyzing and presenting a literary work as Lecture and class discussion on
(3 hours) the Philippines of the Philippines. a group - Elements of literary in various texts and
Early works of Find the specific literary Search the resource that relate on literary contexts
Philippine literature work from the early work in the Philippines Early works of Philippine literature
Philippine literature - Introduction to drama, fiction, poems in
early works of Philippine literature

Week 3 Ninay, first Philippine Identify the author, Research the source, that able to define Introduce the ‘Ninay’ into author, year of
(3 hours) novel genre and purpose to early Philippine literature published, type of novel
write this novel Brainstorming about early Philippine Nature, elements, functions, and types of
Gaddang- the Analyze the language literature to figure out details of it the norm ‘Gaddang
proverbs or ‘Gaddang’
aphorisms express Research about ‘Ninay’ to figure out author,
nouns genre and purpose to write this novel
Analyzing the ‘Ninay’
Search the information about language
‘Gaddang’
Describe the language with what you find
for it

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Week and
No. of Topics Learning Outcomes
Hours
Weeks 4-5 Pre-colonial times - Need to explain pre-
(6 hours) The Spanish colonial colonial times to figure out
tradition beginning of colonial era of
literature
Classical literature in - Organize the literary work
Spanish(19th) during the Spanish colonial
- Judge the classical
Poetry during literature work in Spanish
Spanish colonial - Explain the poetry during
Spanish colonial
- Identify notable work or
author in poetry
Weeks 6-7 Metrical romances - Analyze the metrical
(6 hours) during Spanish romance during Spanish
colonial colonial
- Identify notable work or
Prose during author in metrical romance
Spanish colonial - Construct the prose during
Spanish colonial
Dramas during - Identify notable prose
Spanish colonial work or author
- State the drama during
Religious drama Spanish colonial
during Spanish
- Identify notable drama
colonial
works and authors
Determine the religious
drama during Spanish
colonial
Assessment
Research about pre-colonial era
Writing a reflective essay what they
research
Analyzing the literary work during Spanish
colonial
Brainstorming about that they analyze it
Analyzing and judge the literary work in
Spanish
Compare literary work in Spanish with
Filipino version
Describe the poetry during Spanish colonial
Analyzing and presenting a poetry during
Spanish colonial
Research about metrical romance during
Spanish colonial
Make a group and share their thoughts
about metrical romance
Construct the prose during Spanish colonial
in Chronologically
Describe the prose work during Spanish
colonial
Analyzing the drama during Spanish colonial
Writing example about the drama during
Spanish colonial
Analyzing the religious drama and compare
Methods and Resources
Video clip of various media (TV, internet,
video, etc.)
Taking down notes about Spanish
Short video about Spanish colonial times
Critical reading and listening about
classical literature in Spanish
types of literature in Spanish
Research from internet, print sources
about poetry
Refer from sample text to prove poetry
Texts and video/audio clip from various
source
Textbook to teach about metrical
romances
Video clip of various media (TV, internet,
video, etc.)
Analysis of prose during Spanish colonial
Taking down notes a summary of drama
during Spanish colonial
Use textbook to teach drama during
Spanish colonial
Explain how the religious drama create
during Spanish colonial
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Week and
No. of Topics Learning Outcomes Assessment Methods and Resources
Hours
- List down the notable with religious drama
religious drama work and
author Brainstorming their thoughts and ideas

Weeks 8-9 Secular drama Criticize the secular drama Describe the secular drama Differentiate secular drama and religious
(6 hours) during Spanish during Spanish colonial - drama
colonial Analyzing the notable secular drama Introduce the American colonial period
Illustrate notable secular
Apply into literature
The America drama work and author
Research the literary work during American Introduce the contemporary period
colonial period period make detail of literary work during
- Breakdown the American
contemporary period
The contemporary colonial
Analyzing literary work during American Compare and contrast between 19th
period
period century, 20th century and 21st century
- Compute literary work
Modern literature literary work
during the American
(20th and 21st Analyzing and presenting the literary work
colonial period
century) during contemporary period
- Identify literary work
Search the useful information literary work
during the contemporary
during contemporary period
period
Describe modern literature
- Classify modern literature
Writing essay about modern literature
- Identify literature work
during the 20th and 21st
century

Notable Philippine Generalize notable Figure out notable Philippine literary works Research notable literary works in the
Weeks literary works Philippine literary works Brainstorming about their thoughts about Philippines
10-11 literary works Define literary works
(6 hours) Notable Philippine Name the notable Research about notable literary authors Research notable literary authors in the

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Week and
No. of Topics Learning Outcomes Assessment Methods and Resources
Hours
literary authors Philippine literary author Classify each authors in chronologically Philippines
Define their literary works
Notable Hiligayon List down the notable Research about notable Hiligayon and Find difference between authors and
and Ilonggo literary Hiligayon and Ilonggo Ilonggo literary authors province authors
authors literary author Classify each authors in chronologically Look for dialect from hiligayon and
Describe Cebuano literature Ilonggo literary works
Cebuano literature Criticize the Cebuano Identify Cebuano literature Define Cebuano literary work
literature Find kinds of literary work from Cebuano

Identify Cebuano literary

works
Weeks Ilokono literature Choose of Ilokono Enumerate Ilokono literature Find kinds of literary works from Ilokono
12-14 literature and explain it Find Difference between Cebuano and
(9 hours) Pangasinan literature Describe Ilokono literature Ilokono literature
Identify Ilokono literary Find difference compare with another
Waray literature works Research about Pangasinan literature different dialect literary work
Describe Pangasina literature
Evaluate Pangasinan
literature to identify Search the information about Waray
literature
Identify Pangasinan
literary works Identify Waray literary works

Formulate the Waray

literature

Identify Waray literary

works

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. 300-400 word essays (informative, descriptive)
2. Video Clip
3. Book about Philippine Literature
4. Printed course syllabus
5. Rubric of essay

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION:
Class Participation 0-10%
Individual Outputs 15-20%
Group Outputs 10-15%
Quizzes 10-15%
Final Exam 15-20%
Project 15-20%
TOTAL 100