SOUTHERN LUZON TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE

FOUNDATION PIO DURAN, INC.

Bonifacio St. Brgy. 3, Pio Duran, Albay

Course Title Literary Criticism

Subject Code MC Lit 7
No. of Units 3
Contact Hours/Week 3 hours/week
Block BSED-English 3A and 3B
Duration A.Y. 2021-2022 (2nd Semester)
Instructor Mr. Jay N. Naz

Rationale and Course Description

This course provides the pre-service English teachers with opportunities to study
the basic approaches to literary theory and criticism and their application to selected
literary works. They will be able to demonstrate content knowledge and application of
literary criticism and critical theory approaches relevant to literature and English
language teaching. Moreover, this will allow them to determine instructional implications
in applying literature teaching strategies that will promote critical thinking and other
higher order thinking skills through original critiques of literary pieces.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
a. discuss, analyze, and interpret a poetic text demonstrating their content
knowledge and applying the basic approaches to literary theory and criticism
relevant to the body of literature and English language teaching;
b. analyze literary periods/movements using a definitive text/author thereby
promoting critical thinking and other higher order thinking skills in literary criticism
and critical theory approaches; and
c. write an original critique paper addressing problems in critical theory from the
classical to modern times as applied to literary works, and drawing implications to
English language and literature teaching.
Course Outline
Course Content/Subject Matter
Week 1 Introduction to Literary Criticism
 Review of Purposes and
Benefits of Literature Studies
Week 2  Review of Literary Genres
 Review of Literary Techniques
Week 3  Literary Criticism
 Definitions
Week 4  Purposes of Literary Criticism
 Literary Discussion vs. Literary Analysis vs. Literary
Interpretation
Week 5 Periods and Movements in Literature
 Overview of Literary Periods and Movements
 Early Periods of Literature
Week 7  Classical
 Medieval
  Renaissance
 Reformation
Week 8  Later/Modern Periods of Literature
 Enlightenment
 Romantic
 Victorian
 Modern
 Post-modern
Week 9 Literary Movements
 Metaphysical
 Symbolists
 Harlem Renaissance
 The Beats
 Confessional
 New York School
 Black Arts Movement
Week 10 Literary Theories and Modern Criticism Schools of Thought
 Overview of Literary
Theories, Modern Criticisms, and Schools of Thought
Week 11  Traditional Literary Criticism
 Formalism and New Criticism
 Marxism and Critical Theory
Week 12  Structuralism and Poststructuralism
 New Historicism and Cultural Materialism
 Ethnic Studies and Postcolonial Criticism
Week 13  Gender Studies, Feminism, and Queer Theory
 Cultural Studies
Week 14  Writing the Literary Criticism Paper

Course Requirements
1. Modules (accomplished activities, worksheets, etc.)
2. Midterm and Final Examinations
3. Attendance
System of Computing Grades

Suggested References:
Baker, W. (1996). Recent work in critical theory: 1989-1995. Westport: Greenwood.

Baldick, C. (2015). The Oxford dictionary of literary terms. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford
University Press.

Brise, J. and Pavlovski, L. (2001). Twentieth Century Literary Criticism: Criticism of the works of
novelists, poets, and playwrights. Detroit: Michigan: Gale Research.

Banaag, L. M.. (2010). Transworld civilizations and literature. Mandaluyong: Books Atbp.
Publishing Corp.

Fields, P. & Fowler, R. (2005). The Routledge dictionary of literary terms. London: Routledge.