Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region VI- Western Visayas
DIVISION OF AKLAN
District of Malinao
MALINAO SCHOOL FOR PHILIPPINE CRAFTSMEN

COURSE OUTLINE

Learning Area : 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World
Semester : 2nd Semester, S.Y. 2017-2018
Schedule : HE (A-B) & GAS (MTWTH), EIM-ICT (TWTHF)
Subject Teacher : Mr. Edsel R. Alapag
Subject Description : This course aims to engage students in appreciation and critical study
of 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World
encompassing their various dimensions, genres, elements, structures,
contexts, and traditions.
I. Preliminary
A. Introduction to (21'st Century) Philippine Literature
B. Various Dimensions of Philippine Literary History from Pre-Colonial to Contemporary
C. Canonical Authors and Works of Philippine National Artist in Literature
D. Regional Authors and Their Works and Background (Aklanon Literature)
E. Summative Test
II. Midterm
A. Literary Texts from the Different Regions
a. Poetry, Fiction, Drama/Play
b. Creative Non-Fiction, Mobile Phone Texttula, Chick Lit, Speculative Fiction
c. Micro-Literature (Flash Fiction, Twitterature, Instapoem, Poetry Blackout)
B. Skylar Burris Literary Criticism Map
C. Summative Test
III. Pre-Final
A. Figures of Speech and Literary Techniques and Devices
B. Introduction to World Literature
C. Representative Texts (Biographical, Linguistic, Sociocultural Contexts)
a. Asian
b. Anglo-American
c. European
d. Latin American
e. African
D. Summative Test
IV. Final
A. Short Film Production
B. Film Showing
Course Expectations
1. Recitation
2. Flipped Classroom - Student-led Activity/Reporting/Presentations
3. Performance Tasks – individual/group
4. Written Outputs - in-class and group chat
5. Summative Test and Long Tests

Epic
1. Hinilawod
2. Tungkung Langit at Alunsina

Short Stories
1. Mariang Makiling by Jose Rizal
2. The God Stealer by Francisco Sionil Jose
3. The Sadness Collector by Merlinda Bobis
4. Summer Solstice by Nick Joaquin
5. How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife
6. Footnote to Youth by Jose Villa Garcia

Poems
1. Gabu by Carlos Angeles
2. Oh How to Find Silence in the World by Cirilio Bautista
3. Selected Aklanon Poems by Melchor F. Cichon

Play/Drama
1. The World is an Apple by Alberto Florentino

Nonfiction (Essay)
1. Lundagin Mo Baby by Gilda Cordero-Fernando
2. The Baby in the Backpack by Patricia Evangelista