1. The document outlines the weekly content and readings for a course on Philippine Literature in English. 2. It is divided into 6 periods: Early, Middle, Under the Republic, Under Martial Law, Under the EDSA Democracy, and Under the Age of Globalization. 3. Each week covers 1-2 periods and their major writers and works, such as Luis Dato, Cecilio Apostol, and Manuel Arguilla in the early period. Assessments include a midterm and final examination.

1. Week Course Learning Outcomes Content Readings Instructional
Delivery
Assessment Resources
Week 1 1. Trace literary history and
discuss the landscape of
Philippine Literature in
English in relation to its
socio-political and
intellectual milieu.
2. List and identify outstanding
Filipino writers in English,
analyze their major works in
depth and draw out their
distinctive style and
techniques.
3. Point out the recurrent
themes and gain insights
into the Filipino psyche and
value system
4. Define, identify the features
and differentiate each major
genre
5. Assess the relationship, the
elements of each major
genre
6. Heightened aesthetic sense
tempered by critical thinking
through exposure to various
literary texts.
7. Manifest understanding and
appreciation of the major
emerging genre through a
literary blog
I. EARLY PERIOD
The Literary Forms in the
Philippines Literature
 Luis Dato – The Spouse
 Cecilio Apostol – To the Yankee
 Manuel Arguilla – A son is Born
 Carlos Bulusan – Two Faces of
America
 Carlos Bulosan – My Brother
Goes to Court
 Angela M. Gloria – To a Lost One
 Jorge – College Uneducation
Week 2 II. THE MIDDLE PERIOD
 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
Week 3 III. Under the Republic (1946-
1971)
 Jose Garcia Villa – Song for a Dry
Season
 Nick Joaquin – Three
Generations

2.  Bienvenido Santos – The
Contender
 Bienvenido Santos – The Day
The Dancers Came
 NVM Gonzales – Children of Ash-
Covered Loam
 Marcelino Agana – New Yorker
in Tondo
 NVM Gonzales – Bread of Salt
 Francisco Arcellana – Divide by
Two
 Estrella Alfon – Magnificence
 Gilda Cordero Fernando – The
Visitation of the Gods
 Manuel Bernabe – The
Pilgrimage of Death
 Amado V. Hernandez- Isolation
Cell
IV. 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
 Bonifacio Ilagan – The Sermon
 F. Sionil Jose – Dusk
 F. Sionil Jose – Why Filipinos are
so poor?
 F. Sionil Jose – Mass

3.  Amdis Ma. Guerrero – Children
of the City
 Carmen Guerrero – The Filipino
Woman
 Leonico P. Deriada – Dog Eaters
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
V. Under the EDSA Democracy
(1986-1994)
 Mariano Kilates – Of Children
Drying by Hunger Negros
Elsewhere
 Merlinda Bobis – Peopleness
 Ninotchka Rosca – State of War
 Edgardo Maranan – Island and
Hinterland
 Belinda S. Santos – The
Intellectual
 Eric Gamalinda – Edge and
Mourning and Weeping in this
Valley of Tears
 Charlson Ong – A tropical
Winter’s Tale
 Edgardo B. Maranan – Cogon
 Jessica Zafrra – Portents
 Katrina Tuvera – The Flight
VI. Under the Age of
Globalization (1995 –
present)
 Christina Pantoja-Hidalgo –
Recuerdo
 Danton Remoto – From Gaydar
and Pulot Gata

4.  Ramil Digal Gulle – Twenty Fifth
Fly
 Alfred Yuson – Pillage
 Edgar Maranan – Tabon
 Elsa Martinez Coscolluela –
Katipunera
FINAL EXAMINATION