Course Outline, Class

Rules and Requirements

Mr. Harry Dave B. Villasor
Course Outline:
First Quarter
1. African Literature
1. Characteristics of African Literature
2. African Writers and Poets
3. African Poems and Short Stories
4. African Literature Suggested Literary Pieces:
- Africa by David Diop
- - Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer
- - Anticipation by Mabel Dove Danquah
2. Egyptian Literature
•Types
• Tales and Love Songs
• Myths and Legends
3. Arabian Literature
• Prose
• Poetry
Midterms

4. Chinese Literature Suggested Pieces:

- The Five Classics and the Four Books
- A Wife Mourns for her Husband by Confucius
5. Hindu Literature Suggested Pieces:
- Mahabharata (Ganesha, Vyasa)
- Panchantantra collection of Fables by
Vishnu Sharma
- Panchatantra Stories - Bhagavad Gita by
Vyasa
- Abhilaash (Hindi for Desire) by Rabindranath
Tagore
- Gitanjali by Tagore
- Plays and Poems of Kalidasa
Third Quarter

6. Hebrew Literature
1. Nature of the Hebrew Language, Poetry and
Prose
2. Masterpieces of the Jews Suggested Pieces
Genesis:
- The Creation
- Psalm 23
- The Ecclesiastes
- The Story of Joseph
- The Story of Ruth
- The Parables (The Good Samaritan, The Last Seat,
Prodigal Son, Talents )
7. Persian Literature
1. Characteristics of Persian Literature
2. Persian Prose and Poetry Suggested Pieces:
- Rubaiyat by Omar
- Khayyam Hafiz’s Poetry
- Rumi’s epic and poems Ferdowsi’s writings
Finals

8. Japanese Literature
1. Development of Japanese literature from the beginning up to
the modern period
2. Life and works of Japanese authors
3. Haikus of Bassho, Buson and others
Suggested Pieces:
• Tale of Genji
• The Madman on the Roof by Hiroshi Kikuchi
• In a Grove”by Akutagawa Ryunosuke
9. Korean Literature
1. About Korea
2. Literary Works of Korea
10. Vietnam Literature
1. Facts about Vietnam
2. Poetry and Short Stories
Suggested Piece:
-The Mandarin and the Flower Festival by P. Khiem
11. Indonesian Literature
1. Pujangga Lama
2. Traditional Forms
• syair (traditional narrative poetry)
• pantun (quatrains made up of two seemingly disconnected
couplets)
► qurindam (brief aphorism)
► hikayat (stories, fairytales, animal fables,
chronicles)
► babad (histories or chronicles
Suggested Piece:
Everybody has his Burden (Indonesian Folktale)
Class Rules
► Students must read a head of time on the course pack that contains most of
the topics to be covered and discussed in the class.
► When students are given lessons to discuss (report), they must show mastery
in discussing the said topic. They are encouraged to have further readings so
that elaboration will be done during the discussion.
► There are four exams namely first quarter, midterms, third quarter and
finals. Two of which are major exams: midterms and finals. All exams must be
taken by the students.
► Students must as much as possible join the google classroom or google meet
sessions. If they don’t have internet access, they need to inform their
instructor ahead of time so they may be advised to just have the modular
class.
Class Rules
► Outputs must be submitted to the instructor on time. They
need to comply the tasks in accordance to the deadline
set.
► Requirements and exams must be done honestly. Students
should properly cite authorities using APA format if their
tasks requires them to have some.
► Questions, suggestions, and clarifications are welcome.
Students may use their FB-GC to air them out.
► All outputs, videos of instructors and PPTs should never be
shared to other people who are not part of the class.
Requirements
► Reflections of the poems and stories discussed
► Reports (actual discussion) of the topic given
(this may be done in asynchronous or synchronous
manner)
► Literary Analysis of a story, poem or novel in
Afro-Asian Lit.
► Should you have expectations, comments,
suggestions and clarifications, it’s now time
to air them out.