LIT 2: World Literature

(Class Orientation)
NIKKA MARIE FRANCISCO-CARMONA, MLL
Instructor
CONSULTATION HOURS:
5:30-8:00 PM
Monday-Friday
COURSE INTENDED LEARNING
OUTCOMES
1. Determine the major writers and
masterpieces of World Literature.
2. Analyze, interpret, and demonstrate a critical
understanding of the major themes.
3. Express critical opinions and interpretations
of the assigned readings in Literature.
4. Apply comprehensively the selected critical
theories in Literary Criticism.
5. Develop critical reading, writing, and thinking
skills through the analysis of various texts.
6. Present a thorough critique of various texts.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS/POLICIES
ASSIGNED READINGS
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Homer’s Iliad
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- Divine Comedy (Inferno) by Dante Alighieri
- Heptameron by Marguerite de Navarre
- Th Decameron by Giovanni Boccacio
- No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre
GRADE SYSTEM
CLASS STANDING- 60%
MIDTERM EXAMINATION- 20%
FINAL EXAMINATION- 20%
100%
 MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
(CLASS STANDING)
Online Photo Collage/Live Literary Essays 40%
Oral Critique Presentations (By Group) 40%
Readings and Assigned Activities 20%
TOTAL 100%
 SHARE”LIT”
1. Title of the text/movie/book
2. Plot (NO SPOILERS)
3. REACTION (#FREEDOM)
ORAL CRITIQUE PRESENTATION
(TOPICS)
LITERARY CRITICISM
MECHANICS OF ORAL PRESENTATION:
A. FORMALIST APPROACH
Background of the Theory
B. BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH (Nature, Characteristics, Proponent)

C. HISTORICAL APPROACH Sample Literary Text

(Oral Critique)
D. PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH
Conclusion/Significance of the Theory in
E. MYTHOLOGICAL CRITICISM Literary Criticism
F. READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM
G. DECONSTRUCTION
BOOK CHALLENGE 2023