DATAMEX INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

COURSE SYLLABUS PHILIPPINE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

Course Description:
It surveys short stories, poetry, essay, drama and other literary works in
English by Filipino authors from the pre-historic to the present periods. It shall highlight
works by the Palanca Awards in Literature winners and the National Artists for
Literature.
Objectives:
This course generally aims to expose the college students to the rich repertoire
of Philippine Literature written in English. Specifically, this course aims to develop
among the students the critical skills in reading and analyzing literary texts, to bolster
their appreciative values and sense of pride towards the Filipino culture and ideals,
and to promote habitual and discriminating taste in reading works of Filipino authors.
Course Content:
Contents/ Topic
Preliminary Discussions
Nature and Essence of Literature.
Divisions and Forms of Literature.
Elements of Each Form.
Literary Theories and Criticism.

Time
Allotment
I hour

Pre-Colonial Literature (-- 1564)

I hour
Riddles. Proverbs. Short Poems. Songs. Myths. Folk Tales.
Legend. Epic. Ambahan Lamge Dangdang-Ay An Balud
Dumheb Ako a Dumanis The Second Creation Tungkung
Langit and Alunsina The Great Flood The Story of the
Orphan Girl How the Angels Built Lake Lanao Tuwaang
Attends
WeddingColonialism
Tuwaang in Battle
Under aSpanish
(1565-1897)
I hour
Modesto de Castro - Urbana and Felisa
Leona Florentino - Desire's Unlikely End
Marcelo H. Fel Pilar - The Passion Story that Ought to
Inflame
Jose Rizal - To the Flowers of Heidelberg
Andres Bonifacio - What the Filipinos Should Know
Gregoria De Jesus - My Love, Ever Since You Left Me
Emilio Jacinto - Light and Darkness
Victoria Laktaw - Our Plea
PRELIM EXAM

MIDTERM
Under US Colonialism (1898-1945)
Luis Dato - The Spouse
Cecilio Apostol - To the Yankee
Deogracias A. Rosario - Greta Garbo
Manuel Arguilla - A Son is Born
Carlos Bulosan - Two Faces of America
Carlos Bulosan - My Brother Goes to Court
Angela M. Gloria - To a Lost One
Angela M. Gloria - I Have Begrudged the Years
Amador Daguio - Man of Earth
Amador Daguio - Wedding Dance
Rafael Zulueta de Costa - Like the Molave
Paz Marquez Benitez - Dead Stars
Jose Garcia Villa - Footnote to Youth

I hour

I hour
Under the Republic (1946-1971)
Jose Garcia Villa - Poem 10 Emmanuel Torres - Song for a
Dry Season
Nick Joaquin - Three Generations
Bienvenido Santos - The Contender
Bienvenido N. Santos - The Day the Dancers Came
Kerima Polotan - Sounds of Sunday
NVM Gonzales - Children of Ash-Covered Loam
NVM Gonzales - Bread of Salt
PRE-FINAL
(Continuation of Literature Under the Republic)
Francisco Arcellana - Divide by Two Estrella Alfon Magnificence
Gilda Cordero Fernando - The Level of Each Day's Need
Manuel Bernabe - The Pilgrimage of Death Efren Abueg The Death of Tio Samuel Amado V. Hernandez - Isolation
Cell Alejandro Abadilla - I Am the Universe
Under Martial Law (1972-1985)
Rolando S. Tinio - Valediction at Hillcrest
Virgilio S. Almario - The Life of Ka Bestre, Rig-Driver
Jose F. Lacaba - Force of Circumstance
Lamberto Antonio - Night of a Construction Worker
Bonifacio Ilagan - The Sermon
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
F. Sionil Jose - Mass
Amadis Ma. Guerrero - Children of the City Carmen
Guerrero Nakpil - The Filipino Woman Padro Cruz Reyes Jr.
- King's Decree Leoncio P. Deriada - Dog Eaters

I hour

I hour

FINAL
Under the EDSA Democracy (1986-1994)
I hour
Mariano Kilates - Of Children Dying by Hunger Negros
Elsewhere
Merlinda Bobis - Peopleness
Ninotchka Rosca - State of War
Edgardo Maranan - Hinterland
Benilda S. Santos - The Intellectual
Eric Gamalinda - Edge and Mourning and Weeping in this
Valley of Tears
Charlson Ong - A Tropical Winter's Tale
Gregorio Brillantes - The Fllod in Tarlac
Edgardo B. Maranan - Cogon
Jessicathe
Zafra
- Portents
Under
Age
of Globalization (1995-Present)
Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo - Recuerdo Danton Remoto I hour
from Gaydar and Pulot Gata Ramil Digal Gulle - Twenty
Fifth Fly Alfred Yuson - Pillage Edgar Maranan - Tabon Ian
Casocot - Old Movies Elsa Martinez Coscolluela Katipunera Lakambini Sitoy - Shut Up and Live Socorro
Villanueva - We Won't Cry Over This (and other writers)
Final Exam
Methodologies:
This course shall use student-centered methodologies and techniques of study, such
as
Lecture
Quizzes
Examinations

Team presentations Recitations Brainstorming Interpretive

Readings Research Book Reports

Grading System:

Attendance
Recitations
Quizzes
Team Presentation
Individual Output
Attitude
Exams

15%
15%
15%
15%
15%
5%
20%

Grade = (prelim grade * 0.25) + (midterm grade * 0.25) + (prefi * 0.25) +

(finals grade * 0.25)
References:
1. Dimalanta and Mata, Philippine Contemporary Literature in English: Tradition
and Change (from the 20's to the Present). UST Publishing House, 2004.
2. Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature An Anthology of Winning
Works, The 1980s Poetry. Carlos Palanca Foundation, Inc. 2000.
3. Kahayon and Zulueta, Philippine Literature Through the Years. National Book
Store.
4. Dones, Philippine Literature A Student Guide. Mindshapers co., Inc. 2009.
5. Lumbera and Lumbera, Philippine Literature A History and Anthology,
English Edition. Anvil. 2005.
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palanca Awards
7. http://sushidog.com/bpss/authors.htm
8. Other related sources
Prepared by

Mr. Dwight S.
Entico
Instructor