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21st Century Literature Syllabus

The document outlines a course syllabus for a 21st Century Literature course. The course aims to engage students in appreciating and critically studying literature from the Philippines and world in various genres, elements, structures, contexts and traditions. Over 20 weeks, students will study representative texts from different regions of the Philippines and various national literatures globally. They will learn textual and contextual reading approaches and produce a creative multimedia presentation interpreting a literary text. The goal is for students to understand literature in its social and cultural contexts.

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21st Century Literature Syllabus

The document outlines a course syllabus for a 21st Century Literature course. The course aims to engage students in appreciating and critically studying literature from the Philippines and world in various genres, elements, structures, contexts and traditions. Over 20 weeks, students will study representative texts from different regions of the Philippines and various national literatures globally. They will learn textual and contextual reading approaches and produce a creative multimedia presentation interpreting a literary text. The goal is for students to understand literature in its social and cultural contexts.

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Republic of the Philippines

Northern Samar Colleges


Catarman, Northern Samar

Course Syllabus
I. VISION
II.
NORTHERN SAMAR COLLEGES as a premier school for community leaders
And successful professionals and workers with world class technical skills.
MISSION
III.
To attain its vision and achievement its aim, the Northern Samar
Colleges shall:
 Strive to reach a level of excellence in its research and teaching
programs that will earn for itself a place among the most
prestigious institution in the area
 Adopt advance search and teaching techniques so as to become source
of innovative forms of learning, as well as research, communication
and education.
 Adopt its teaching programs, founded upon basic research and the
study of humanities to the actual needs of society undergoing
progressive change and wide region promoting international
cooperation.
 See, while working closely with other Philippine institutions,
wider regional and international recognition so that it can be
present in intellectual policy dialogue.
 Strengthen and broaden the avenues for cooperation so that it can
effectively contribute to social development and obtain from
various sections of society the necessary support to carry out its
extension work.
 Organize itself in a manner conducive to internal efficiency and
effective coordination, while keeping enough flexibility, so as to
enable all members of the school community to contribute freely and
responsible to the accomplishment of their common task.
IV.PHILOSOPHY
V.
Northern Samar Colleges has embraced its fiber the philosophy of
education enunciated by the Department of Education.
 Education shall develop the total person, everything that is human
in the individual.
 Education enables the individual to become creative and critical
thinkers and life-long learners.
 The school and the family are partners in the exercise of the
educational rights and duties of the family.
 The school shall form individuals who are concerned for the common
good, professionally competent, enterprising and creative, capable
of making free and morally upright choices, and can act as positive
agents of change in society.
 The school shall be sensitive and responsive to the needs of the
community which sustains it and must strive to uplift the moral,
cultural, and material level of society.

VI.
VII.
VIII. INSTITUTIONAL OUTCOMES
IX.
 To provide quality education with strong adherence to Christian
values.
 To enhance learning through adequate school facilities and dynamic
teaching staff.
 To strive to build the institution as a place for Christian
formation with a high level of participation and unity in creating
an atmosphere conducive to learning.

Program Outcomes
Graduates of the Basic Education Program should:
 Demonstrate proficiency in their chosen academic strand with the
highest degree of excellence;
 Exhibit global competence through technological approaches for
survival and social skills.
 Communicate clearly in various models of delivery (oral, written,
visual) in English and in Filipino.
 Acquire scientific, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
through research.
 Practice high morals standards in their commitment to serve the
society with integrity competence, and spirituality and
environmental consciousness.

Course Name: 21st Century Literature from the


Philippines and the World
Course 4 Units
Credits:
Course This course aims to engage student in
Description: appreciation and critical study of 21st
century literature from Philippines and
the World encompassing their various
dimensions, genres, elements, structures,
context, and traditions.
Content
Hours/week: 4 hours
Prerequisite:
Course Writing a close analysis and critical
Outcome: interpretation of literary text, applying
the reading approach, and doing an
adaptation of these, require from the
learner the ability to;

1. Identify the geographic, linguistic,


and ethnic dimensions of Philippine
Literary history from pre-colonial to the
contemporary.

2. Identify the representative text and


authors from each region (e.g. engage in
oral history research with the focus on
key personalities from the students’
region/province/ town.
2. Identify representative texts and
authors from Asia, North America, Europe,
Latin America, and Africa.

3. Explain the texts in terms of literary


elements, genres and traditions.

4. Explain the literary biographical,


linguistics, and socio-cultural and
discuss how they enhance the text meaning
and enrich the readers understanding.

5. Situate the text and the context of


the region, nation and the world.

6. Appreciate the cultural and aesthetic


diversity of literature of the world.

7. Appreciate the contribution of the


canonical Filipino writers to the
development of national literature.

8. Compare and contrast the various 21st


century literary genres and their
elements, structures, and traditions from
across the globe.

9. Distinguish the literary uses of


language from the non-literary and
understand their use as well as the
formal features and conversations of
literature.

10. Examine the relationship between the


text and context.

11. Understand Literary meaning in


context and in the use of critical
reading strategies.

12. Produce creative presentation of a


Literary text by applying multi-media
skills;

12.1) Choice appropriate multi-media


form of interpreting a literary text.
12. 2) Apply ICT skills in crafting an
adaptation of a literary text.
12. 3) Do self – and /Or peer-
assessment of the creative adaptation of
a literary text based on rationalized
criteria, prior to presentation.
Course
Outline
And Time Number of Hours – 80 hours
Frame
Week 1- 16
Weeks
Quarter 1
WEEK 1 A.INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
B. 21st Century Literature from the
region
based in the relation to the literature of
the regions in various genres and forms in
consideration of:
1. Various dimensions of Philippine
Literary history from pre- colonial to
contemporary;
a.Pre-colonial Literature
 Riddles
 Proverbs
 Folksongs and folktales
 Myths and Legends,
WEEK 2 b.Contemporary Literature/Literary Genres
 Major genres (poetry, fiction, drama,
creative nonfiction, as well as
hyperpoetry, blogs, mobile phone
texttula, chicklit, spectulative
WEEK 3-5 fiction, flash fiction, etc.
2. Canonical authors and works of
Philippine National Artists in Literature
“Gabu” by Carlos A. Angeles
“Oh How To Find Silence In The World
Poem” by Cirilo Bautista
“Commend Contend” Edith L. Tiempo
PRELIMINARY
WEEK 6 3. Names of the authors and their works,
and backgrounds of the literature from the
region where the high school is located.
“Paglaba” Voltaire Q. Oyzon
PRELIMINARY

C. Study and appreciation of literary


texts from the different regions written
in different genres covering:
WEEK 7-10
1.Regions in
Luzon – “The Conversion” by J. Neil
Garcia
Visayas – “Of Fish, Flies, Dogs and
women” by Timothy Montes
Mindanao – “The Dog Eaters” by Leoncio
P.Deriada
MIDTERM
WEEK 11-16 D. Literary genres, traditions and
forms from different national literature
and cultures, namely:

 Asian - “His T-shirt” by Tammy Ho


Lai-ming
“Scheherazade” by Haruki
Murakami
 African – “The Telephone Conversation”
by Wole Soyinka
 Anglo-american - “The Fault in Our
Stars” by John Green
 European - “Harry Potter and The
Sorcerer’s Stone by: J.K Rowlings

SEMI-FINALS
WEEK 17-20 E. Basic textual and contextual
reading approach in the study and
appreciation of literature.

 Psychoanalytic Theory
 Sociocultural approach
 Feminism
 Formalism
 Archetypal
 Literary Onomastics
 Historical Approach
 Biographical Approach
 Hermeneutics

FINALS
TOTAL: 20
WEEKS
Learning Plan
Desired Learning Course Textbook/Reference Teaching and Assessment Resource Time Table
Plan Content Learning of Task Materials
Activities(TLAs) (ATs)

1. Identify the
geographic,
linguistic, and
ethnic
dimensions of
Philippine
Literary history
from pre-
colonial to the
contemporary.

2. Identify the
representative
text and authors
from each region
(e.g. engage in
oral history
research with
the focus on key
personalities
from the
students’
region/province/
town.

2. Identify
representative
texts and
authors from
Asia, North
America, Europe,
Latin America,
and Africa.

3. Explain the
texts in terms
of literary
elements, genres
and traditions.

4. Explain the
literary
biographical,
linguistics, and
socio-cultural
and discuss how
they enhance the
text meaning and
enrich the
readers
understanding.
5. Situate the
text and the
context of the
region, nation
and the world.

6. Appreciate
the cultural and
aesthetic
diversity of
literature of
the world.

7. Appreciate
the contribution
of the canonical
Filipino writers
to the
development of
national
literature.

8. Compare and
contrast the
various 21st
century literary
genres and their
elements,
structures, and
traditions from
across the
globe.

9. Distinguish
the literary
uses of language
from the non-
literary and
understand their
use as well as
the formal
features and
conversations of
literature.

10. Examine the


relationship
between the text
and context.

11. Understand
Literary meaning
in context and
in the use of
critical reading
strategies.
12. Produce
creative
presentation of
a Literary text
by applying
multi-media
skills;

12.1) Choice
appropriate
multi-media form
of interpreting
a literary text.
12. 2) Apply
ICT skills in
crafting an
adaptation of a
literary text.
12. 3) Do
self – and /Or
peer-assessment
of the creative
adaptation of a
literary text
based on
rationalized
criteria, prior
to presentation.

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