Republic of the Philippines
Commission on Higher Education
Region V
LIGAO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Tomolin, Ligao City
Course Code Eng 118
Course Description Literary Criticism
A.Y. 2023-2024
Term 2nd Term
Revision Date January 3, 2024
VISION MISSION
A responsive Local Community College producing Ligao Community College shall give relevant and effective instruction, conduct institutional and
efficient, effective, and globally competitive professionals, community-based research, and implement suitable extension services and train graduates and
equipped with skills, values and knowledge, who are also teachers for community development with the core values of the institution: discipline, accountability,
functional, value-laden and service-oriented leaders. devote and excellence.
COLLEGE GOALS
In its desire to make education responsive to the needs and demands of the changing times, Ligao Community College stipulates the following goals: excellence
in instruction, development of research-oriented students and instructors and commitment to extension services.
Program Outcomes (from CMO No. 75, s. 2017 p. 4):
6.3.1.a. Possess broad knowledge of language and literature for effective learning.
6.3.1.c. Acquire extensive reading background in language, literature, and allied fields.
6.3.1.d. Demonstrate proficiency in oral and written communication.
Course Information
Course Name Literary Criticism Course Code Eng 118
Pre-requisite subjects Course Credit 3 units, 3 hr / week(18 weeks, 54 hr in total)
Course Requirements
Grading system Major Written Examination (Midterm/Finals) - 25%
Project/Performance Task (Process/Product) - 25%
Quizzes/Written Outputs - 20%
Class Involvement - 15%
Attendance - 10%
Behavior - 5%
Total - 100%
Course Description BTIs
covered
This course provides the pre-service English teachers with opportunities to study the basic approaches to literary theory and criticism and their application
to selected literary works. They will be able to demonstrate content knowledge and application of literary criticism and critical theory approaches relevant 1.1.1
to literature and English language teaching. Moreover, this will allow them to determine instructional implications in applying literature teaching strategies 1.5.1
that will promote critical thinking and other higher order thinking skills through original critiques of literary pieces.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, the pre-service teachers should be able to:
A. discuss, analyze, and interpret a poetic text demonstrating their content knowledge and applying the basic approaches to literary theory and criticism 1.1.1
relevant to the body of literature and English language teaching; 1.5.1
B. analyze literary periods/movements using a definitive text/author thereby promoting critical thinking and other higher order thinking skills in literary 1.1.1
criticism and critical theory approaches; and
C. write an original critique paper addressing problems in critical theory from the classical to modern times as applied to literary works, and drawing
implications to English language and literature teaching.
Time Most Essential Learning Content Suggested Teaching Suggested
Allotment Outcomes Learning Activities Assessment
At the end of these weeks, the pre- Introduction to Literary Criticism • Technology-based Literary Critique
service teacher (PST) should be able to: Week 1: Discussion Exercise Output
a. review literature studies focusing on 1.1 Review of Purposes and Benefits of Literature • Lecture-discussion
Week 1-3 literary genres; Studies Reflection/Insight Paper
method with focus
b. define literary criticism and identify its 1.2 Activities for Teaching English and the Literary
purposes; Arts on
c. differentiate significant terms related 1.3 Review of Writing a Literary Critique activities/strategies
to literary criticism; and on Teaching
d. show interest in acquiring a deeper Week 2 English and the
understanding of texts through literary 2.1 Literary Criticism Language Arts
criticism. 2.2 Definitions using prescribed
2.3 Purposes of Literary Criticism
reference material
Week 3
3.1 Literary Discussion vs.Literary Analysis vs.
Literary Interpretation
3.2 Critique Exercise
3.3 Review on Citation
At the end of these weeks, the pre- Periods and Movements in Literature • Technology-based Literature Review with
service teacher (PST) should be able to: Week 4 Early Periods of Literature Discussion Proper Citation
a. trace the foundations of literature and 4.1. Classicism • Lecture-discussion
literary criticism through literary period 4.2 Collonialism Formative Assessment
method with focus
development; on Periods and
Week 5:Early Periods of Literature on Movements in Literature
b. familiarize the intellectual, linguistic,
religious, and artistic influences of 5.1 Medieval Mystics activities/strategies
literatures through the literary periods 5.2 Humanism on Teaching
and movements; English and the
c. identify definite characteristics of each Week 6: Early Periods of Literature Language Arts
literary period and movement for an in- 6.1 Elizabethan Drama using prescribed
depth study of literature; and 6.2 Rennaisance Literature reference material
Week 4-11
d. create a critical analysis of a text and
an author from a definite literary period Week 7: Later/Modern Periods of Literature
or movement. 7.1. Enlightenment
7.2. Romanticism
Week 8: Later/Modern Periods of Literature
8.1 Gothic Literature
8.2 Transcendetalism
Week 9: Later/Modern Periods of Literature
9.1 Expressionism
9.2 Symbolism
Week 10: Later/Modern Periods of Literature
10.1 Naturalism
10.2 Surrealism
Week 11: Later/Modern Periods of Literature
11.1 Harlem Rennaisance
11.2 Post Modernism
At the end of these weeks, the pre- Literary Theories and Modern Criticism Schools • Technology-based Sample Lesson Plans on
service teacher (PST) should be able to: of Thought Discussion teaching the Literary
a. trace the developments in literary • Lecture-discussion Theory (Performance
criticism from traditional to modern Week 12 Assessment)
method with focus
times; 12.1 Structuralist Literary Theory
b. familiarize the intellectual, linguistic, 12.1 Formalist Literary Theory on
socio-emotional and artistic influences activities/strategies
of literatures through literary theories; Week 13 on Teaching
Week 12- c. identify definite characteristics of 13.1 Marxist Literary Theory English and the
16 each literary theory for an in-depth study 13.2 Historicist Literary Theory Language Arts
of literature; and using prescribed
d. create a critical analysis of a poetic Week 14 reference material
text through a definite literary theory. 14.1 Moralist Literary Theory
14.2 Queer Literary Theory
Week 15
15.1 Feminist Literary Theory
15.2 Reader-Response Theory
At the end of these weeks, the pre- • Technology-based Literary Criticism Paper
service teacher (PST) should be able to: Discussion (Project-based
a. identify the elements necessary for a • Lecture-discussion Assessment)
Week 16- literary criticism paper; method with focus
b. apply the structure and techniques in 4. Writing the Literary Criticism Paper
17 on
writing a literary criticism paper; and
c. write an original critique paper activities/strategies
addressing problems in critical theory. on Teaching
English and the
Language Arts
using prescribed
reference material
FINAL EXAMINATION
References
Baker, W. (1996). Recent work in critical theory: 1989-1995. Westport: Greenwood.
Baldick, C. (2015). The Oxford dictionary of literary terms. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Brise, J. and Pavlovski, L. (2001). Twentieth Century Literary Criticism: Criticism of the works of novelists, poets, and playwrights. Detroit: Michigan: Gale Research.
Banaag, L. M.. (2010). Transworld civilizations and literature. Mandaluyong: Books Atbp. Publishing Corp.
Fields, P. & Fowler, R. (2005). The Routledge dictionary of literary terms. London: Routledge.
McGeagh, E. (2001). Poetry Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Words of the Most Significantly and Widely Studied Poets. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Group.
Villa, J. G.. (2009). The critical villa: Essays in literary criticism. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
Prepared by: Evaluated by:
PAMELA G. GARCIA, LPT MIKEE P. SABALBORO, LPT
Instructor Curriculum Coordinator, BSED
Checked by: Attested by:
RUSSEL M. CARILLA, LPT ALICIA O. RETONA, EdD
Program Head, BSED Academic Dean
Quality Assured:
CARMELITA A. SINSON, EdD
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Approved by:
JOVERT M. OFRACIO, EdD
College President
