Course Title: LITERARY CRITICISM

Course Code: EM4

Course Description:

The study and use of different literary theories to write critiques on selections from various literary genres.

Course Objectives:

1. To become actively engaged in contemporary debates regarding literature, criticism and theory
2.  To become exposed to diverse and complex ways of reading and thinking about literature
3.  To practice thinking and writing about literature from diverse critical perspectives, including fields and disciplines outside of English,
4. Getting to know the different authors and their works in their in the different genre.

SESSION DATE TOPIC METHOD ASSESSMENT

PRELIM PERIOD
1 JUNE, 15 2016
Getting to know the instructor, the students, and the course
2 JUNE 16, 2016 Introduction and Definition of What is literary Criticism Class discussion Seatwork
(PPT Presentation)
WH-Questions
3 JUNE 17, 16 Literary criticism in Further Discussion:
- its author Class discussion Quiz
- Its content (PPT Presentation)
- Its structure WH-Questions
 - How its written Oral Recitation
- How the text influences the reader
4 JUNE 22, 2016 The paradigm in literary Criticism
The 8 approaches in Literary criticism Class discussion
- Formalism (PPT Presentation) Seat work
- Marxism WH-Questions
- Feminism
- Psychoanalytic
- Culturalism
- Structuralism
- Post – structuralism
- Archetypal

5 JUNE 23, 2016 - Symbolism Class discussion

- Imagery (PPT Presentation Seatwork
- Literary divices Board work

6 JUNE 24, 2016 Structuralist Criticism Class discussion

- Prose/Fiction (Lecture) Seatwork
- Elements of fiction
- Responding to fiction
7 Poetry
JUNE 29, 2016 - Elements of poetry Class discussion Seatwork
- Analyzing poetry (Lecture)

8 JUNE 30, 2016 Plays/Drama Class discussion Quiz

(Lecture)

9 JULY 1, 2016 - Elements of dram Class discussion

- Analyzing drama (Lecture) Quiz
Oral Recitation
10 JULY 6, 2016 Essay Class discussion
 - Types of essay (Lecture)
- Analyzing essays Written Activity
11 JULY 7, 2016 Feminist Criticism Class discussion
- Background and concepts of feminism (Lecture) Quiz
Written Activity
12 JULY 8, 2016 - Reading feminist works Class discussion Quiz
(Lecture)

- Writing critiques using feminist criticism Class discussion Quiz

13 JULY 13, 2016 (Lecture)

14 JULY 14, 2016 Marxist Criticism Class discussion Quiz

- Background and concepts of Marxism (Lecture
15 JULY 15, 2016 - Reading and critiquing Marxist literature Class discussion Quiz
- Marxist understanding of literature (Lecture
JULY 20 - 22, 2015 PRELIM EXAMINATION
MIDTERM PERIOD
16 AGUST 3, 2016 Points of View and Persona in Criticizing a poem
Class discussion Quiz
(Lecture)
Oral Recitation
17 AUGUST 4, 2016 Elements Of fiction
- Introduction Class discussion Seatwork
- Rising action (Lecture
- Conflict Written Activity
- Climax
- Falling action
- Resolution/ Denouement

18 AUGUST 5, 2016 Elements Of fiction

- Introduction Class discussion
- Rising action (Lecture) Seatwork
- Conflict Written Activity
 - Climax
- Falling action
- Resolution/ Denouement

Criticizing, Scrutinizing about the different works of the

following authors: Class discussion
1. William words worth (Lecture)
2. John Milton Reporting Long Quiz
AUGUST 10, 11, 3. William Blake Written Activity
19 - 24 12,17, 18, and 19, 4. William Shakespeare Word Bank
2016 5. Geoffrey Chaucer Brainstorming
6. Thomas Dekker

AUG 26-26, 2016 MID-TERM EXAMINATION

PRE-FINAL PERIOD
24 - 31 SEPTEMBER 1, 2, Criticizing, Scrutinizing about the different works of the Class discussion
7, 8, 9, 14, and 15 following authors: (Lecture) Long Quiz
2016 1. Francis Bacon
2. Emily Dickinson
3. Robert Burns Reporting
4. Robert Browning Written Activity
5. Leo Tolstoy Word Bank
6. Edgar Allan Poe Brainstorming
7. Matthew Arnold
8. Katherine Mansfield

SEPTEMBER 19 – SEMI-FINAL EXAMINATION

21, 2016
FINAL PERIOD
31-32 OCTOBER 5, 6, 7, Criticizing, Scrutinizing about the different works of the
12, 13, and 14, 2016 following authors: Class discussion
1. William Ernest Henly (Lecture)
 2. Elizabeth Barret Browning Reporting Long Quiz
3. John Keats Written Activity
4. Percy Byshhe Shelley Word Bank
5. Sir Walter Scott Brainstorming
6. Thomas Gray
7. Joseph Addison
OCTOBER 17 – 19, FINAL EXAMINATION
2016

References:

Supplemental Book:
1. English Communication Art and Skills, Serano and Lapi,.2000
2. A Travel to the Literatures of the World, Claudio V. Tabotabo,.2010
3. Literatures of the World, University of San Carlos, Cebu City.
Website Reference:
1. http://study.com/academy/lesson/literary-criticism-definition-examples-forms.html
2. http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48496

Grading System
Attendance and Class Participation - 10%
Quizzes - 25%
Exam - 50%
Project/ Activity - 15%
100%