UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS

Office of the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs

Department of Literature

Course Plan in Lit. 102 A

Course Title PHILIPPINE LITERATURES Course Code LIT 102 A

Credit Units 3 Course Co/ Pre-requisites None
Course Description This course introduces to representative literatures from regions tackling the wide array of Filipino encounters and experiences are
expressed through themes such as gender, racial identity, class and history.

This course is designed to develop among students an awareness, appreciation, and critical view of the depth and breadth of our
countrys literatures in order to foster among them the desire for truth, love for country and nature, and respect for peoples and
cultures, which will eventually constitute a competent, compassionate, and committed Thomasian.

Course Intended Outcomes After completing this course, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
1. Read and analyse literary selections that exemplify the multivalent Filipino experiences and their multivocal articulations;
2. Understand how the Filipino is constituted in Philippine literary texts;
3. Appreciate the different types and forms of Filipino literatures;
4. Value cultural differences and similarities embodied in Philippine literary outpourings;
5. Write a critique paper on a Filipino novel, epic, or drama; and
6. Transform and extend creatively Philippine literary materials to other artistic expressions.