ENGLISH 11

Literature and Society

GE (Arts and Humanities) | 3 units
THU3 | TTh 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | CAL 501
WFU1 |WF 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | CAL 510

INSTRUCTOR DETAILS COURSE DESCRIPTION

ALEXANDRA MAY D. CARDOSO
Acacia Room 402 | DECL Office (Pav 1120)
adcardoso@up.edu.ph
Consultations:
Tuesdays to Fridays, by appointment
Please set consultation appointments
at least one day before you wish to consult.
A critical study of various literary genres as a
dynamic interaction between the individual and
socio-cultural forces
COURSE OUTCOMES
 To explore the creative and contextual
aspects of literary forms and practices
 To apply a range of interdisciplinary
approaches in reading literary texts
 To participate in critical conversations and
engage with writers, scholars, and critics

COURSE OUTLINE & READING LIST*

Week Lesson Readings
1 “What is literature?” – Terry Eagleton
Literature and its Interrelations “The practice of criticism” – Catherine Belsey
2 Literature and the other disciplines “Sugar Pi” – Eliza Victoria
Literature and its socio-historical and “The Man Who Lost the Sea” – Theodore Sturgeon
cultural backgrounds “Sound and Sense” – Alexander Pope
3 Formal elements and literary genres “Poem 17” – Jose Garcia Villa
“Ars Poetica” – Archibald MacLeish
“Graffiti” – Julio Cortazar
“The Red Cup” – Francezca Kwe
4
“Prometheus Unbound” – Pete Lacaba
“Absolute power corrupts absolutely” – UP Writers Club
“The Death of Fray Salvador Montano,
Conquistador of Negros” – Rosario Cruz Lucero
5
“Yes” – Denise Duhamel
Language and Politics “gathering words” – Maria Luisa Arroyo
Critical engagements
Hamilton: An American Musical – Lin-Manuel Miranda
“The American Revolution Rebooted: Hamilton and Genre
6 in Contemporary Culture” – Andrew Schocket
“Who Tells Our Story: Intersectional Temporalities in
Hamilton: An American Musical”
– Andie Silva & Shereen Inayatulla
“Feasting” – Joshua Lim So
“Fruit Stall” – Merlinda Bobis
7
“Hurricane” – Yona Harvey
Culture and Identity in the Global Era “Diptych, Not a Selfie” – Ramon Sunico
“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”
8 – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“Persimmons” – Li-Young Lee

*Additional texts may be assigned to deepen the discussion of themes. Sequence of readings may also be changed.
Any changes made to the reading list will be made with prior notice from your instructor.

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 Week Lesson Readings
Critical engagements
Miss Saigon – Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alan Boublil
"The Transnational Vision of Miss Saigon: Performing the
9 Culture and Identity in the Global Era
Orient in a Globalized World" – Tzu-I Chung
“The eyes of the storm: Gender, genre, and cross-casting in
Miss Saigon” – Angela Pao
“Order for Masks” – Virginia Moreno
“Oughta Be A Woman” – June Jordan
10
“A Myth of Devotion” – Louise Glück
“Alunsina takes a walk in the rain” – Conchitina Cruz
“The Flight” – Katrina Tuvera
“Talking to a Fu Dog on a Wedding Afternoon”
11 – Jose Claudio Guerrero
Gender and Power “The Conversion” – J. Neil C. Garcia
“The Ascension of Our Lady Boy” – Mia Tijam
Critical engagements
Antigone – Sophocles (trans. Paul Roche)
“How Like a Woman: Antigone’s ‘Inconsistency’”
12
– Matt Neuberg
“Antigone’s Dilemma: A Problem in Political Membership”
– Valerie Hartouni
13 Literature, the Personal, the Local, and the Global
14 Final panel presentations
15 Course synthesis

COURSE REQUIREMENTS and GRADING SYSTEM

Participation in CRITERIA FOR PAPERS GRADE EQUIVALENTS
15%
class discussions Content & scholarship 10 points 1.0 95% - 100%
Group reports on Analysis 10 points 1.25 90% - 94%
20%
critical engagements
Organization 10 points 1.5 85% - 89%
Unit papers
30% Language 10 points 1.75 80% - 84%
(documented, 1000 words)
Mechanics 10 points 2.0 75% - 79%
Final panel discussion 35%
TOTAL 100% 2.25 70% - 74%
TOTAL 50 points 2.5 65% - 69%
2.75 61% - 64%
3.0 60% (passing)
5.0 below 60%
SUBMISSION FORMATS
12 Times New Roman/Garamond, 1-inch margin on all sides, double-spaced (except for header)
MLA 8 citation style
Printed on short bond paper (recycled, if possible)
Headings of all printed submissions (first page ONLY) should follow the following format:

SURNAME, Given Name M. Date of submission CARDOSO, Alexandra May D. 02 August 2018
Eng 11 X2-A Type of paper Eng 11 X2-A Unit paper 1

Title Fifteen Ways to Write a Format

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CLASSROOM POLICIES
1. Google Classroom. Please join our Google Classroom using the following code:
jdiobf (THU3); rfs95a (WFU1)
Important announcements, soft copies of the readings, and supplementary resources will be posted on
the Google Classroom. Major submissions will be collected here as well.
2. Preparedness. Please come to class prepared. Read the assigned texts before class, and do any
homework assigned. Bring your own copies of the assigned texts.
3. Discussion etiquette. This class will thrive on discussion. Raise your hand if you wish to say something,
and wait for your instructor to acknowledge you. You are highly encouraged to recite and give your
opinions, but please respect everyone in the classroom and be open to other insights.
4. Punctuality. You have a grace period of ten minutes. Any student who comes in after the grace period
will be marked as tardy. Being tardy thrice is counted as one absence. Any student who comes in thirty
minutes late is already considered absent.
5. Attendance. You are allowed a maximum of six absences, both excused and unexcused. Incurring more
than four absences means that you will have to drop the course or get an automatic 5.00. You may
negotiate with your instructor regarding any circumstances that may cause you to miss classes.
6. Food. You can eat in class, but please clean up after yourselves and make sure that your food does not
cause any distraction.
7. Technology use. You can use gadgets in class, but only if your copy of the readings is digital. Cellphones
must be in silent mode.
8. Deadlines. Deadlines are deadlines. 0.25 will be deducted from your submission grade for each day it is
late. If a submission is a week late, it will automatically get a 5.00.
9. Academic honesty. Cheating and plagiarism are major offenses, and a student who commits these will
face consequences. On the first incident, your submission will get a 5.00 along with a warning from
your instructor. On the second instance, you will automatically get a 5.00 for the class. If need be, you
will also be subjected to a disciplinary tribunal.

REFERENCE LIST FOR CRITICAL ENGAGEMENTS

Chung, Tzu-I. “The Transnational Vision of Miss Saigon: Performing the Orient in a Globalized World.” MELUS,
vol. 36, no. 4, Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 61-86, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23048513.

Hartouni, Valerie. “Antigone’s Dilemma: A Problem in Political Membership.” Hypatia, vol 1, no. 1, Wiley, 1986,
pp. 3-20, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3810061.

Neuberg, Matt. “How Like a Woman: Antigone’s Inconsistency.” The Classical Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 1,
Cambridge University Press, 1990, pp. 54-76, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/639311.

Pao, Angela. “The eyes of the storm: Gender, genre, and cross-casting in Miss Saigon.” Text and Performance
Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 1, 1992, pp. 21-39, doi.org/10.1080/10462939209359631

Schocket, Andrew. “The American Revolution Rebooted: Hamilton and Genre in Contemporary Culture.” Journal
of the Early Republic, vol. 37, no. 2, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017, pp 263-269, Project MUSE,
doi.org/10.1353/jer.2017.0023.

Silva, Andie, and Shereen Inayatulla. “Who Tells Our Story: Intersectional Temporalities in Hamilton: An
American Musical.” Changing English, vol. 24, no. 2, Routledge, 2017, pp. 190-201, Taylor and Francis,
doi.org/10.1080/1358684X.2017.1311038.

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