Republic of the Philippines

SULTAN KUDARAT STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Teacher Education
ACCESS, EJC Montilla, Tacurong City

COURSE OUTLINE/GUIDE
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT LITERATURE

UNIT I. CHILDREN AND CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Lesson 1: Personal and Academic Values of Literature to Children

Lesson 2: Relationship between Children’s Development and their Literature

Lesson 3: Historical Background of Children’s Literature

UNIT II. ELEMENTS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT’S LITERATURE

Lesson 1: Verbal Elements

Lesson 2: Visual Elements

Lesson 3: Other Stylistic Elements

UNIT III. CATEGORIES OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESENT’S LITERATURE

Lesson 1: Poetry

Lesson 2: Picture Books

Lesson 3: Traditional Literature

Lesson 4: Modern Fables

Lesson 5: Modern Fantasy

Lesson 6: Non-Fiction (Biographies and Essays)

Lesson 7: Multi-cultural and International Literature

UNIT IV. ISSUES AND CONCERNS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT’S

LITERATURE

Lesson 1: Censorship

Lesson 2: Social Concerns in Children and Adolescents Literature

Lesson 3: Political Correctness in Fables and Tales

Lesson 4: Rewriting/Deconstruction of Classical Tales

Lesson 5: Movie and TV Versions

UNIT V. TEACHING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT LITERACY THROUGH
APPROPRIATE BOOKS AND STRATEGIES IN LITERATURE

Lesson 1: Multiculturalism

Lesson 2: Storytelling and Reading Aloud

Lesson 3: Choice and Types of Books

Lesson 4: Media and Technology in Children and Adolescent Literature

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

1. Oral Presentation (Printed and Soft copies)

2. Active Participation to Classroom Activities
3. Public Speaking, Blogging, Debate and Multicultural Activity
4. Examinations (Midterm and Final)

GRADING SYSTEM

Midterm Grade

Attendance - 10%
Performance - 25%
Quizzes - 15%
Midterm Exam - 50%
100%
Final Grade

Attendance - 10%
Performance - 25%
Quizzes - 15%
Final Exam - 50%
100%

REFERENCES

Abelito, J. (2023). Children and Adolescent Literature. Sultan Kudarat State University

Alterman, E. (2014). The history of children’s literature. Retrieved from

https://thesismag.com/2014/01/21/the-history-of-childrens-literature/

Anderson, N. A. (2006). Elementary children’s literature. USA: Pearson Education, Inc.

Duncan, D. (2009). Teaching children’s literature. USA: Routledge.

Gamble, N. (2013). Exploring children’s literature. Singapore: Sage Publication Ltd.

Monobe, G., & Son, E. H. (2014). Using Children’s Literature and Drama to Explore
Children’s Lives in the Context of Global Conflicts. The Social Studies, 105(2),
69-74.

Parayno, S. M. (1991). Children’s literature. Quezon City: Katha Publishing Co., Inc.
Prepared by: Reviewed by:

JEEB T. ABELITO, MAT KAREN JOY B. TALIDONG, PhD

Facilitator Program Chairperson, BSED

Approved by:

CHRISTINE P. ABO, PhD

Dean, CTE

Republic of the Philippines

SULTAN KUDARAT STATE UNIVERSITY
 College of Teacher Education
ACCESS, EJC Montilla, Tacurong City

COURSE OUTLINE/GUIDE
SURVEY OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE

Lesson 1: Common Genres and Literary Styles in English and American

Literature

Lesson 2: Techniques, Styles, and Features of Literature

CHAPTER II. OLD ENGLISH

Lesson 1: Development of English Language

Lesson 2: Beowulf “The Warrior”

CHAPTER III. ANGLO-FRENCH/MEDIVEAL LITERATURE

Lesson 1: The Medieval World: An Introduction to Middle English Literature

Lesson 2: Medieval Drama

Lesson 3: The Canterbury Tales

CHAPTER IV. ENGLISH RENNAISSANCE/ELIZABETHAN PERIOD LITERATURE

Lesson 1: English Renaissance

Lesson 2: William Shakespeare

CHAPTER V. THE RESTORATION AND 18th CENTURY

Lesson 1: Restoration era and 18th Century

Lesson 2: Jonathan Swift

Lesson 3: Alexander Pope’s Biography and Satirical Evaluation of the Rape of

the Lock

CHAPTER VI. THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

Lesson 1: The Romantic Period (1798-1832)

Lesson 2: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

CHAPTER VII. VICTORIAN ERA

Lesson 1: Victorian era (1837-1901)

 Lesson 2: Robert Elizabeth Barret Browing Life and Woks

CHAPTER VIII. TWENTIETH CENTURY

Lesson 1: Modernism, World War I, World War II

Lesson 2: Post-Colonial Literature, Post-Modernism and the Development of

the English Language in the 20th century

Lesson 3: The War of Poets and their Contributions to the Contemporary Period

CHAPTER IX. COLONIAL AND EARLY NATIONAL PERIOD (17TH CENTURY-1830)

Lesson 1: The Colonial Period (1607-1776)

Lesson 2: Early National Period (1775-1828)

CHAPTER X. PURITANS AND ROMANTIC PERIOD

Lesson 1: Puritanism

Lesson 2: Romantic Period (1830-1870)

CHAPTER XI. REALISM AND NATURALISM

Lesson 1: Realism in American Literature

Lesson 2: Nauralist/Naturalism Period (1800s-1940s)

CHAPTER XII. MODERNIST PERIOD

Lesson 1: Modern Period

Lesson 2: Techniques in Post-Modernism Literature

CHAPTER XIII. CONTEMPORARY PERIOD

Lesson 1: Contemporary Period and American Contemporary Writers

Lesson 2: Contemporary Literature (1950-Present)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

1. Oral Presentation (Printed and Soft copies)

2. Active Participation to Classroom Activities
3. Examinations (Midterm and Final)

GRADING SYSTEM

Midterm Grade

Attendance -10%
Active Participation - 10%
 Oral Presentation - 20%
Quizzes - 10%
Midterm Exam - 50%
100%
Final Grade

Attendance - 10%
Active Participation - 10%
Oral Presentation - 20%
Quizzes - 15%
Final Exam - 50%
100%

REFERENCES

Abelito, J. (2023). Survey of English and American Literature. Sultan Kudarat State
University

Agathocleous, T. and Dean, A.C. (2003). Teaching literature: A Companion. New York:
Palgrave.

Bercovitch, S. (1994–2005). The Cambridge history of American literature. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press.

Gillespie, S., et al. (2005). World literature: Connecting nations and cultures.
Singapore: Pearson.

Gutjahr, P. C. (2003). Popular American Literature of the 19th century. New York:
Longman.

Lyons, G. (2003). Literature of the American west: A cultural approach. New York:
Longman.

Muller, T. (2017). Handbook of the American novel of the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries. Boston: de Gruyter.
Sebastian, E. L., et al. (2006). Readings in world literature. Quezon City: C & E
Publishing.

Prepared by: Reviewed by:

JEEB T. ABELITO, MAT KAREN JOY B. TALIDONG, PhD

Facilitator Program Chairperson, BSED

Approved by:

CHRISTINE P. ABO, PhD

Dean, CTE