OBE COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Number ENG. LIT. 6

Course Name SURVEY OF ENGLISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE

Course Credit 3 unit

Engage students in a historical survey of selected literary works produced by understanding English and American literatures
Course Description
from its beginnings to the 21st century.

3 hours / week
Contact Hours/Week

Pre- requisite NONE

 COURSE OUTLINE AND TIMEFRAME
Course Content / Subject Matter
WEEK 1 The Basics of Literature
WEEK 2 Introductions of English Literary Periods

WEEK 3 Old English Literature

WEEK 4 Middle English Literature

WEEK 5 Elizabethan Poetry, Prose and Drama

WEEK 6 Restoration Drama and Prose

WEEK 7 PRELIM EXAM

WEEK 8 Eighteenth-Century Prose

WEEK 9 Early Nineteenth Century Poets

WEEK 10 Later Nineteenth Century Poets

WEEK 11 Introduction of American Literary Periods
WEEK 12 The Birth of a Nation

WEEK 13 The Rise of a National Literature

MIDTERM
WEEK 14 American Renaissance
The Boston Brahmins
WEEK 15 The Civil War and the Gilded Age
The Era of Realism and Naturalism
WEEK 16 Poetry from 1900 through 1930s
WEEK 17 The Writers of the Lost Generation
WEEK 18 FINAL EXAM
 COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of this course, students are expected to:
Multimedia project over a chosen theme from
1. Identify key ideas, representative Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
authors and works, significant
historical or cultural events, and
characteristic perspectives or
attitudes expressed in the literature
of different periods or regions.
2. Analyze literary works as
expressions of individual or
communal values within the social,
political, cultural, or religious
contexts of different literary periods.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the
development of characteristic forms
or styles of expression during
different historical periods in
different regions.
4. Articulate the aesthetic principles
that guide the scope and variety of
works in the arts and humanities.
5. Write research-based critical papers
about the assigned readings in clear
and grammatically correct prose,
using various critical approaches to
literature.
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT TASKS
A 15-minute creative presentation of a selected
play written by Shakespeare.
Reflection and reaction papers
A 10-minute talk, with accompanying visual historical background of the literary pieces selected and their
presentation and written component, about a
selected author and his or her contribution and
significance to literature.
Comparative analysis paper of an English and
American writer.
DETAILS
In this required output, students are assigned to integrate
technology in the selection and their presentation of a chosen
theme from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
In this task, the students are expected to select at least 2
famous scenes from the plays written by Shakespeare. A
creative deconstruction should be employed by the student
and will be assessed using a rubric.
These tasks are given to evaluate the students’ knowledge and
understanding of the literary theories, the cultural and
ability to use these in the creation of their own analysis papers.
These are given to measure students’ analytical skills, as well
as their ability to express their ideas through written and visual
communication.
LEARNING PLAN

Desired Course Content / Subject Teaching And Learning Assessment Of Resource Time
Textbooks / References
Learningoutcomes (Dlo) matter Activities (Tlas) Tasks Material Table

At the end of the term, the I. The Basics of Literature Lecture- Discussion Research PPT / LCD 6
students are expected to:  Critical Analysis Perlita, Romero & Pacelli Connection Projector weeks
Purpose, Eugenio (1997), An
Group Activity
a. Identify and recall Audience Approach To Literature.
Paper-Pencil Test Testing
the Basics of Quezon City: Katha
 Critical Materials
Literature Publishing Company, Inc.
Approaches
b. Trace the origin and Small group discussion Multimedia
II. Introduction of English
history of English Presentation Hand-outs
Literary Periods
literature a. Old English Furnin, Rom And Michael
Lecture-Discussion
c. Give intelligible Bath (199&). Reading
Literature Dramatization
insights and fiction critically. New york:
 Beowulf prentice hall. Questionnaire
perception on the b. Middle English Written test
specific writings Lecture
Literature
that has been read Guth, Hans P. And Gabriel
 Canterbury Tales L. Rico. Discovering
and assess how Group Work: Acrostic Analysis Papers
by Geoffrey Literature: Stories, Poems,
their social milieu
Chaucer and Plays. New Jersey:
influenced these
c. Elizabethan Poetry Prentice Hall, Inc. 1997 Group Activity
literary pieces.
and Prose
d. Gain understanding
 Selected Writers
of the lives of the Thornley, G.C And
d. Elizabethan Drama
different writers of Roberts, Gwyneth (2003).
different  William
Shakespeare An Outline of English
nationalities
e. Restoration Drama Literature. England:
e. Analyze selected
and Prose Pearson Education.
literary works.
f. Demonstrate the  John Milton
values learned in
 the study of
literature to real life
situations.
At the end of the term, the
students are expected to:
a. Trace the origin and
history of English
and American
literature
b. Give intelligible
insights and
perception on the
specific writings
that has been read
and assess how
their social milieu
influenced these
literary pieces.
c. Gain understanding
of the lives of the
different writers of II. Introduction of American
different Literary Periods
nationalities
d. Analyze selected
literary works.
e. Demonstrate the
values learned in
the study of
literature to real life
situations.
a. Eighteenth-Century
Prose
 Robert Swift
b. Early Nineteenth
Century Poets
 John Keats
 Percy Bysshe Shelley
 William Wordsworth
c. Later-Nineteenth
Century Poets
 Lord Alfred Tennyson
 Robert Browning
 Elizabeth Barrett
Browning
d. Nineteenth-Century
Novelists
a. Colonial Beginnings
 Of Plymouth
Plantation by
William Bradford
b. The Birth of a Nation
c. The Rise of a National
Literature
PRELIM EXAM
Cerda, Regoer Don SJ. Et Lecture- Discussion Research PPT / LCD 6
al. Readings From World Connection Projector
Literatures: weeks
Group Activity
Understanding People's
Paper-Pencil Test
Cultures, Traditions And Testing
Beliefs (A Task Materials
Approach). Great Books Small group discussion Multimedia
Publishing. Quezon City. Presentation
2013.
Lecture-Discussion Hand-outs
Dramatization
Thornley, G.C And
Roberts, Gwyneth (2003).
Written test
An Outline of English Lecture
Literature. England: Questionnaire
Analysis Papers
Pearson Education. Group Work: Acrostic
Thornley, G.C And Group Activity
Roberts, Gwyneth (2003).
An Outline of American
Literature. England:
Pearson Education.
Ramos, Lyster Et al.
Around The World Though
Literature: A Handbook
For Literature 2. Cebu
Normal University.
 Electronic Sources:
Poetrysoup.Com
Flavorwire.Com

MIDTERM EXAM

At the end of the term, the III. Introduction of American Cerda, Regoer Don SJ. Et Lecture- Discussion Research PPT / LCD 6
students are expected to: Literary Periods al. Readings From World Connection Projector
d. American Renaissance Literatures: Weeks
Group Activity
a. Trace the origin and  Ralph Waldo Understanding People's
Emerson Paper-Pencil Test
history of English Cultures, Traditions And Testing
 Edgar Allan Poe Beliefs (A Task
and American Materials
literature Approach). Great Books Small group discussion Multimedia
e. The Boston Brahmins
b. Give intelligible Publishing. Quezon City. Presentation
 Conan Doyle
insights and  Longfellow 2013.
Lecture-Discussion Hand-outs
perception on the Dramatization
specific writings f. The Civil War and the Thornley, G.C And
that has been read Gilded Age Roberts, Gwyneth (2003).
 Walt Written test
and assess how An Outline of English Lecture
Whitman
their social milieu Literature. England: Questionnaire
 Emily
influenced these Pearson Education. Analysis Papers
Dickinson Group Work: Acrostic
literary pieces.
c. Gain understanding g. The Era of Realism and
Thornley, G.C And Group Activity
of the lives of the Naturalism
Roberts, Gwyneth (2003).
different writers of
h. Poetry from 1900 An Outline of American
different
through 1930s Literature. England:
nationalities
Pearson Education.
d. Analyze selected i. The Writers of the Lost
literary works. Generation
e. Demonstrate the Ramos, Lyster Et al.
values learned in Around The World Though
the study of Literature: A Handbook
literature to real life For Literature 2. Cebu
situations. Normal University.
 Electronic Sources:
Poetrysoup.Com
Flavorwire.Com

FINAL EXAM

Suggested Readings and References

Course Requirements 1. Assigned readings have accomplished

2. Written Exams
3. Quizzes, presentations, projects
4. Major Examinations
Grading System Talisay City College Unified Grading System

Classroom Policies 1. Regular attendance is expected. Should there be absence, students must present excuse letters stating the
reason of absences.
2. Students must be seated according to seat plan.
3. Everyone must observe professional behavior at all times civil discourse throughout class time. Leaving the
class other than to attend to emergencies and personal necessities is discouraged. Furthermore, cellphones,
mp3, ipad and other gadgets have to be in silent mode discouraging their uses during class hours except when
it is used as an educational tool.

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