LIT 2: World Literature
(Class Orientation)
NIKKA MARIE FRANCISCO-CARMONA, MLL
Instructor
CONSULTATION HOURS:
5:30-8:00 PM
Monday-Friday
COURSE INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Determine
the
major
writers
and
masterpieces of World Literature.
2. Analyze, interpret, and demonstrate a critical
understanding of the major themes.
3. Express critical opinions and interpretations
of the assigned readings in Literature.
4. Apply comprehensively the selected critical
theories in Literary Criticism.
5. Develop critical reading, writing, and thinking
skills through the analysis of various texts.
6. Present a thorough critique of various texts.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS/POLICIES
ASSIGNED READINGS
-
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Homer’s Iliad
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Divine Comedy (Inferno) by Dante Alighieri
Heptameron by Marguerite de Navarre
Th Decameron by Giovanni Boccacio
No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre
GRADE SYSTEM
CLASS STANDINGMIDTERM EXAMINATIONFINAL EXAMINATION-
60%
20%
20%
100%
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
(CLASS STANDING)
Online Photo Collage/Live Literary Essays
40%
Oral Critique Presentations (By Group)
40%
Readings and Assigned Activities
20%
TOTAL
100%
SHARE”LIT”
1. Title of the text/movie/book
2. Plot (NO SPOILERS)
3. REACTION (#FREEDOM)
ORAL CRITIQUE PRESENTATION (TOPICS)
LITERARY CRITICISM
A. FORMALIST APPROACH
B. BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH
C. HISTORICAL APPROACH
D. PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH
E. MYTHOLOGICAL CRITICISM
F. READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM
G. DECONSTRUCTION
MECHANICS OF ORAL PRESENTATION:
Background of the Theory
(Nature, Characteristics, Proponent)
Sample Literary Text
(Oral Critique)
Conclusion/Significance of the Theory in
Literary Criticism
BOOK CHALLENGE 2023