Republic of the Philippines

PHILIPPINE NORMAL UNIVERSITY

National Center for Teacher Education
Mindanao

Name: Edwin James B. Andoy

Year and Section: BSCIEPHY III
Subject: Ged-Lit01

Reflection about the course

The course, Masterworks in World Literature has been a roller

coaster ride for me. There are times that I really feel tired but most of the time I
feel excited. In a sense that every day I have the chance to learn works of
literature that became popular in the world since then. I also get to study how
literature evolves as time goes by and how colonization and industrialization
affects the characteristics of the modern literature. I also enjoyed the different
styles of the author in writing their novels and stories.
The novels, stories, essays and poems presented in the class have a
vast scope, covering different themes and topic: love, culture, family, injustice,
belief, sacrifice, and many more. We have travelled to time learning timeless
themes that mainly talks about the reality of life, though some stories are
fictional but there is something worth reading.
I can never forget the main goal of this class “I want you to become
lifetime readers”-Ma’am Abrea. The course doesn’t focus only on what is written
in the course syllabus. It has broadened its vision towards learning a skill on
loving reading. Before I enter the class I really haven’t read a full book and so
I’m not that confident to get a good grade at the end of this. However I don’t
solely rely on grades, I value learning more than the numerical value of it, that’s
the truth. At some point good grades matter, but I believe improvement matters
the most. And indeed I’ve improved, I can say that after this class I will be doing
extensive reading with intrinsic motivation to learn and broaden my
understanding about things. This will not only improve me a as a person but it will
also help me in my future goal as a teacher.
PNU has produced top-notchers coming from different majors. I was
there when two of them gave speech and they say that topping the LET has
only one requirement, always read. I do not write because I’m desperate to be
one of them, but because I have seen and appreciate the value of reading as
an important tool for learning and achieving goals. Through reading we get to
know different aspect of life that we cannot learn from the school. We get to
know the reality from different perspective of characters and Writers. Eventually,
we can view life at different cultural, personal and societal perspective.