September 2018

LITERATURES OF THE PHILIPPINES

LASALLIAN CORE CURRICULUM
College of Liberal Arts Department of Literature

COURSE CODE: GELITPH PREREQUISITES: NONE

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Course Description
In the three-unit course Literatures of the Philippines, students analyze and discuss Philippine literature in various forms, genres,
and languages, from various periods and different regions in and outside the country. Through a series of thematic modules, the
course initiates a developing critical conversation across different generations and historical eras, allowing students to articulate an
interdisciplinary, even anti-disciplinary, understanding of Philippine literature and its relationship with key Philippine issues.

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to do the following.
Expected Lasallian Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes

Creative and critical thinker
Effective communicator and collaborator
Service-driven citizen
Reflective lifelong learner
Analyze Philippine literary works in different Philippine languages, from different
periods and regions in and outside the country, to reflect on their personal
relationship to literature and how it helps them understand Philippine issues.
Articulate a critical and integrative understanding of Philippine literature and its
conceptual uses and symbolic functions in nurturing imagination and inspiring
initiatives to think through and address national and global concerns.

Final Course Output

As evidence of attaining the above learning outcomes, the student is required to do and submit the following on the indicated dates.
Learning Outcome Required Final Output Due Date

Analyze Philippine literary works in
different Philippine languages, from
different periods and regions in and
outside the country, to reflect on their
personal relationship to literature and
how it helps them understand Philippine
issues.
Groups of four or five. Students will select one or more of the Week 12
themes covered in the course modules and conceptualize a project
that synthesizes and applies their understanding of Philippine
literatures by addressing the problem question(s) of the selected
module(s), using their own background(s) and areas of expertise as
the basis for the project.
Each group will prepare a project proposal (following a given
format) that explains what the project is, why it is being done, and
how it will be conducted or produced. The proposal must be
accompanied by sample works or prototypes of the project’s
output.

Articulate a critical and integrative
understanding of Philippine literature
and its conceptual uses and symbolic
functions in nurturing imagination and
inspiring initiatives to think through and
address national and global concerns.
Individual. A 750- to 1000-word Critical Synthesis Essay on insights Week 13
gleaned from the course. The essay must discuss how these insights
shape the role Philippine literature might play in the student’s life,
identity, and professional practice to come as s/he matures and
negotiates her or his place in society and the world.

Rubrics for Assessment

Reminder: Plagiarism is a major offense and will result in an automatic failing grade for the course, as well as further sanctions.

Project Proposal
CRITERIA EXEMPLARY
4.0
The proposal presents various
relevant literary concepts and
Disciplinal
theoretical perspectives from
grounding (20%)
various sources correctly and in
depth, supported by complex,
thought-provoking examples.
The proposal thoroughly
integrates varied perspectives
from multiple fields and
Advancing disciplines, showing insightful,
through innovative, and original
integration connections between them that
(40%) enable the project’s concept or
solutions.
The proposal self-reflexively
delineates a precisely conceived
project, with a clear sense of
Critical
purpose and of multiple
awareness (30%)
audiences, while assessing the
extent and limitations of its
interdisciplinary connections.
The proposal is written in
Research
flawless erudite language, and
proposal
observes the style and format of
conventions and
a research proposal perfectly.
styling (10%)
Rubric: Critical Synthesis Essay
CRITERIA EXEMPLARY
4.0
Disciplinal The essay discusses various
grounding (20%) principles of literature in depth,
with substantial, thought-
provoking examples, as a
platform for its argument.
Advancing The essay explores perspectives
through from various fields and
integration disciplines, both their
(40%) advantages and limitations, then
derives conclusions that enable
the essay’s ultimate personal
insight.
Critical The essay self-reflexively
awareness (30%) assesses its points towards a
clear personal insight while
incorporating multiple
perspectives and
accommodating multiple
audiences, as well as critiquing
the limitations of its choices in
comparison to other
interdisciplinary approaches.
Rhetorical form The essay is written in erudite
and style language that elucidates an
(10%) elegant argument.
Other Requirements and Assessments
Students will also be assessed at other points in the semester through the following.
SATISFACTORY
3.0
The proposal is founded on
substantial relevant literary
concepts and theoretical
perspectives, supported by
sources and examples.
The proposal makes
comprehensive and meaningful
connections among related or
opposed perspectives from
other fields and disciplines in
conceptualizing the project; also
discusses the limitations of such
perspectives.
The proposal describes a project
whose parameters are clearly
delineated in terms of nature,
objectives, and audience, and
which acknowledges other
disciplines that could have been
integrated and suggests other
possible approaches.
The proposal is engagingly
written in precise formal
language, and correctly uses the
style and format of a research
proposal.
SATISFACTORY
3.0
The essay integrates various
principles of literature in its
argument, and provides relevant
sources and examples.
The essay incorporates
perspectives from various
disciplines or fields, including
the student’s own, and shows
how these connect to the
essay’s argument or insight.
The essay discusses multiple
perspectives in the process of
self-reflection, while considering
the needs of its audience, as
well as other disciplines that
could have been integrated into
other possible approaches.
The essay is clearly written in
correct, appropriate, precise
language, and its points are
argued logically and coherently.
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DEVELOPING
2.0
The proposal introduces literary
concepts and theoretical
perspectives with little to no
critical inquiry or analysis and
few to no examples.
The proposal includes
perspectives and approaches
from other fields and disciplines,
but erroneously, and/or fails to
show how these perspectives
contribute (or not) to the
project, and/or interconnects
these perspectives in a
contrived, derivative, or
superficial way.
The proposal indicates an
awareness of the nature of the
project, its objectives, and its
audience. It mentions but
doesn’t explore other disciplines
and biases.
The proposal is written as
though its proponent was
merely filling in the blanks in a
template, using conversational
language.
DEVELOPING
2.0
The essay cites principles of
literature, but fails to integrate
them meaningfully into its
argument.
The essay cites perspectives
from disciplines or fields other
than the student’s own without
integrating these into the
argument or insight.
The essay includes rudimentary
self-reflection but fails to
consider or merely mentions
other perspectives and
approaches, or the needs its
audience.
The essay is written in
competent language and shows
rudimentary organizational
principles.
BEGINNING
1.0
The proposal is limited to
popular conceptions and beliefs
about literature with little to no
insights from theory, nor does it
evince any input from the
preparatory work conducted
over the semester.
The proposal fails to include
perspectives from other fields
and disciplines.
The proposal’s objectives are
unclear and the project is ill-
conceived, without a clear
audience. Any interdisciplinary
connections are claimed to be
sufficient or non-existent.
The proposal is poorly written,
and fails to follow the style and
format of a research proposal.
BEGINNING
1.0
The essay is founded on basic
literary principles, cited in
superficial ways.
The essay includes perspectives
only from the student’s own
discipline or field.
The essay fails to interrogate its
premises and conclusions or
consider other perspectives,
resulting in a flimsy argument.
The essay uses language poorly
and lays out its points
incoherently.
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 Individual short papers. The student will submit reflection papers or short critical essays after every module, analyzing
literary texts according to modular themes and other assigned topics. These short papers serve as preparation for the Final
Course Output.
 Attendance and Participation. Students are expected to contribute to class learning in appropriate ways in their individual
capacities, and attend required literary and cultural activities.

Grading System
Students will be graded according to the following.
 Critical Synthesis Essay 40%
 Project Proposal 30%
 Individual short papers 20%
 Attendance and Participation 10%

Work Hours/Week 7
Classroom Contact Hours 3
Fourth-Hour Activities 1
Study of learning unit outside class 3

Learning Plan
The course is organized around three to four modules selected by instructors and distributed equally over the course of the
semester. The modules are thematic and involve a set of literary and/or critical texts interacting with each other. See the attached
sheet for module details.
Learning Outcomes Unit/Topic Week Learning Activities
Analyze Philippine Orientation and Introduction to Course 1 Student introductions and expectation
literary works in  What roles do/can Philippine literatures play in my life? leveling; discussion of syllabus
different Philippine  Why do people create and/or “consume” works Group discussion and sharing
languages, from of literature? Reflection and journal writing
different periods and  How does literature define out identities and Final output preparations: working groups
regions in and outside worldview? and initial ideas.
the country, to reflect  Why study the Humanities?
on their personal  Syllabus
relationship to  Formation of working groups
literature and how it
Module 1 2–3 Module activities
helps them
Short paper writing
understand Philippine
issues. Module 2 4–5 Module activities
Short paper writing
Articulate a critical Module 3 6–8 Module activities
and integrative Short paper writing
understanding of Module 4 9 – 11 Module activities
Philippine literature Short paper writing
and its conceptual
uses and symbolic Presentation and submission of Project Proposal 12 Student presentations
functions in nurturing Critical Synthesis and Self-assessment 13 Class discussion
imagination and  What roles can/do Philippine literatures play in how I Critical Synthesis Essay submission
inspiring initiatives to perceive my own identity?
think through and  How would a critical understanding of my own identity
address national and through an appreciation of Philippine literature help me
global concerns. in my professional practice in the future?
 How would this deeper understanding of my national,
racial/ethnic, cultural, class, and gendered identity help
me in becoming a service-driven citizen?

Texts
Abad, Gemino (Ed.). The Likhaan Anthology of Philippine Literature in English from 1900 to the Present. Quezon City: University of the Philippines
Press, 1998, 2002.
Lumbera, Bienvenido and Cynthia Nograles Lumbera, eds. rev. edition. Philippine Literature: A History and Anthology. Pasig City: Anvil, 1997.
Lumbera, Bienvenido, gen. ed. Filipinos Writing: Philippine Literature from the Regions. Pasig City: Anvil Publishing, 2001.
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References
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Abad, Gemino. Habit of Shores: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English, ‘60s to ‘70s. Quezon City: UP Press, 1999.
Abad, Gemino. Man of the Earth: Filipino Poetry and Verse, 1095 to ‘mid-‘50s. Quezon City: ADMU Press, 1989.
Almario, Virgilio. Muling Pagkatha sa Ating Bansa o Bakit Pinakamahabang Tulay sa Buong Mundo ang Tulay ng Calumpit. Quezon City: UP Press,
2010.
Asuncion, Juan Al., et al, eds. Nabalitokan a Tawid: Anthology of Ilocano short stories. Quezon City: GUMIL Filipinas,2011.
Baytan, Ronald, ed. Lit Matters: A Manuel for Teaching Philippine Literature. Philippine Center of International PEN with support from Swedish
International Development Cooperation Agency. Mandaluyong City: Anvil Publishing, 2014.
Caballero, Federico, and Alicia P. Magos. Tikum Kadlum (Sugidanon (Epics) of Panay, Book 1. Quezon City: UP Press, 2014.
Caballero, Federico, and Alicia P. Magos. Amburukay ((Sugidanon (Epics) of Panay, Book 2. Quezon City: UP Press, 2015.
Coben, Herminia M. Verbal Arts in Philippine Indigenous Communities: Poetics, Society, and History. Quezon City: ADMU Press, 2009.
Cruz, Isagani R., ed. The Best Philippine Short Stories of the Twentieth Century. Manila: Tahanan Books, 2000.
Cruz, Isagani R. Bukod na Bukod: Mga Piling Sanaysay. David Jonathan Bayot, ed. Quezon City: UP Press, 2003.
Cruz, Isidoro. Damming the Nation:Region/Nation and the Global Order in Contemporary West Visayan Literature. Iloilo City: University of San
Agustin Press, 2009.
Cruz-Lucero, Rosario. Ang Bayan sa Labas ng Maynila (The Nation Beyond Manila). Quezon City: Ateneo Press, 2007.
Garcellano, Edel. Knife’s Edge: Selected Essays. Quezon City: UP Press, 2001.
Guillermo, Ramon. Pook at Paninindigan: Kritika ng Pantayong Pananaw. Quezon City: UP Press, 2009.
Garcia, J. Neil C. ed. The Likhaan Book of Philippine Criticism 1992-1997. Quezon City: UP Press, 2000.
Hau, Caroline. Necessary Fictions:Philippine Literature and the Nation, 1946-1989. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2000.
Hau, Caroline. On the Subject of the Nation:Filipino Writings from the Margins, 1891-2004. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2004.
Lumbera, Bienvenido. Writing the Nation/Pag-aakda ng Bansa. Quezon City: UP Press, 2000.
Mojares, Resil. Origins and Rise of the Filipino Novel: A Generic Study of the Novel until 1940. Quezon City: UP Press, 1998.
Mojares, Resil. Waiting for Mariang Makiling: Essays in Philippine Cultural History. Quezon City: Ateneo Press, 2002.
Reyes, Soledad. From Darna to ZsaZsa Zaturnnah : desire and fantasy : essays on literature and popular culture. Pasig City : Anvil Pub., 2009.
Reyes, Soledad. Tellers of tales, singers of songs : selected critical essays. Manila: DLSU Press, 2001.
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Santiago, Lilia Quindoza. In the name of the mother: 100 years of Philippine feminist poetry, 1889-1989. Quezon City: University of the Philippines
Press, 2002.
Sugbo, Victor, ed. Tinipigan: An Anthology of Waray Literature. Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 1995.
Tabag, Ariel, ed. Samtoy: Dagiti Saritami Ditoy Ang Aming Mga Kuwento. Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts,
2012.
Tabag, Ariel, ed. Karapote: Anthology of 13 Ilocano short stories. Quezon City: GUMIL Filipinas and Norielyn C. Tabag, 2011.
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Online
http://kritikakultura.ateneo.net/ KritikaKultura, a refereed electronic journal of literary, cultural and language studies of the Dept. of English,
School of Humanities, Ateneo de Manila University
http://www.ncca.gov.ph/ National Commission for Culture and the Arts
http://www.palhbooks.com/ Philippine American Literary House
http://kritikakultura.ateneo.net/ Journal of Literary/Cultural/Language Studies
http://www.culturalcenter.gov.ph/ The Cultural Center of the Philippines
http://panitikan.com.ph Portal to Philippine Literature by UP
http://tvup.ph/ University of the Philippines’ Internet Television Network
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeKp-WgJayk&t=106s Pagpupugay: A Tribute to National Artist Cirilo F. Bautista (see also other related
videos on NVM Gonzalez, F. SIonil Jose, etc.), University of the Philippines Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R1LLGoCNPM Pagpupugay: A Tribute to National Artists of the UP Press: The Program

Other Resources

Course reading packet to be provided by teacher.
Online resource links and video playlist to be provided by teacher.
Class Policies
 Come to class on time, prepared, and ready to participate in all class work and alternative class sessions.
 Submit all required output and accomplish all assigned tasks.
 Student conduct and behavior as articulated in the DLSU Student Handbook must be observed.
 Academic honesty, critical thinking, and creativity—the hallmarks of a true Lasallian education—must be demonstrated
throughout the term.
 Instructors may specify additional policies as necessary.
Suggested Modules
Module Theme and Problem Questions
Tradition and Subversion
How can Philippine narratives of antiquity be
made relevant to contemporary Philippine
life, culture, and concerns?
The Nation and Beyond
What definition(s) of “nation” can account
for and address the scope and diversity of
Philippine life and culture in the
contemporary world?
Body and Desire
What are the ways in which Philippine
literatures can be used to address and
challenge Philippine hegemonic or
problematic ideas on gender and sexuality?
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Suggested Readings/Authors/Materials/Resources Learning Activities
Hinilawod: The Adventures of Humadapnon in Tarangban Cave Lecture-discussion
Manuel, E. Arsenio. "The Epic in Philippine Literature."
Storytelling
Philippine Social Sciences and Humanities Review. XLIV.
1980. Story-cards creation
Excerpts from Verbal Arts in Philippine Indigenous
Communities: Poetics, Society, and History by Herminia Short paper writing
Coben
Muyco, Christine. Ga Sibod Dai-a! (Documentary), 2009.
Myths, folktales, legends, and epics from different Philippine
ethnolinguistic groups
Ramon Muzones, Rogelio Sicat, Alejandro Abadilla, Merlie
Alunan, Josephine "Joi" Barrios, Merlinda Bobis, Adonis
Durado, J. Neil Garcia, Allan Derain, Conchitina Cruz.
Tizon, Alex. "My Family's Slave" Lecture-discussion
(https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06
Personal essay
/lolas-story/524490/)
“Han Han x Datu x Hataw - World Gong Crazy” Short paper writing
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h613Jrtd5EE)
“RUBY IBARRA FEAT. ROCKY RIVERA, KLASSY, & FAITH
SANTILLA || US || PROD. BY NPHARED”
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUfNeCozJBw)
"Dead Weight: In Memoriam (Ferdinand E. Marcos, 11
September 1917 - 28 September 1989)" or "Written in
Stratford-Upon-Avon" by Cirilo F. Bautista.
Excerpts from Writing the Nation/Pag-aakda ng Bansa by
Bienvenido Lumbera and from Ang Bayan sa Labas ng
Maynila by Rosario Cruz-Lucero
One Centennial Literary Prize award-winning novel (i.e. My
Sad Republic by Eric Gamalinda, An Embarassment of
Riches by Charlson Ong, Voyuers & Savages by Alfred
Yuson, Etsa-Puwera by Jun Cruz Reyes; Ang Aso, Pulgas.
Bienvenido Santos, Macariu Tiu, Rosario Cruz-Lucero,
Telesforo Sungkit, Jr., John Iremil Teodoro, Luisa Igloria,
Patrick Rosal, Grace Lee, Timothy Montes.
Fantauzzo, Laurel. “In Manila, Two Seasons, No Regrets.” Lecture-discussion
(https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/style/modern-
Writing of contemporary
love-navigating-manila-with-a-map-a-bicycle-and-a-
hugot in tanaga form
stormy-heart.html)
Barthes, Roland. A Lover’s Discourse. Short paper writing
Confesionario by Fray Sebastian de Totanes
“Catechisms of the Body” by Resil Mojares
“Isang Palabas ng Pornograpiya” by Mesandel Arguelles
"Elemental" by Marjorie Evasco and/or "Geyluv" by Honorio

Power and resistance
In what ways can Philippine literature be
used to articulate, address and challenge
political and economic inequities in the
country?
History, Myth, and Memory
In what ways can Philippine literatures help
to construct (or dismantle) a national
Philippine identity?
Diaspora and Mobilities
In what ways can Philippine literatures be
used to integrate the Philippine diaspora
into the national consciousness?
Approved by:
Dr. Genevieve L. Asenjo
Chair, Literature Department
Dr. Jazmin B. Llana
Dean, College of Liberal Arts
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Bartolome de Dios
"Lost in History: Women's Texts in Filipino and Canon
Formation" by Soledad Reyes and/or "Philippine Gay
Culture: An Update and Postcolonial Autocritique" by J.
Neil Garcia
Dinah Roma, Ronald Baytan, Ana Maria Lacuesta, Mesandel
Arguelles, Mario Mendez
Dasalan at Tocsohan Lecture-discussion
Urbana at Feliza
Short paper writing
“Impeng Negro" by Rogelio Sicat
"Subversions for our Times" in Knife's Edge: Selected Essays by
Edel Garcellano.
Edgardo Reyes, F. Sionil Jose, Paul Dumol, Malou Jacob,
Lualhati Bautista, Jun Cruz Reyes, Luna Sicat, Eros Atalia,
Gina Apostol, Rogelio Braga, Ericson Acosta.
"Doreen's Story" by Rosario Cruz-Lucero Discussion on a textual
“The Haunting of the Filipino Writer" in Waiting for Maria analysis of literary texts about
Makiling by Resil Mojares myths, history
Reflection on narratives of
NVM Gonzales, Eric Gamalinda, J. Neil Garcia, Vicente Garcia collective memory in literature
Groyon, Luisa Igloria, Genevieve Asenjo, Vijae Alquisola,
Alvin Yapan Online Discussion/Virtual
Classroom
Guest lecture/Resource
Person from History
Department
"The Day the Dancers Came" by Bienvenido Santos or Excerpts Discussions on textual analysis
from America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan or Liham ni of literary texts on Philippine
Pinay poems by Ruth Elynia Mabanglo diaspora
"Trajectories of the Filipino Diaspora" by E. San Juan Jr.
Film showing of an OFW film.
and/or "Poetics of Filipina Export" by Neferti Tadiar
Group presentation on
Mia Alvar, Carlos Piocos, Clarissa Militante, Genaro Gojo-Cruz migration and diaspora in
Philippine literature.
Guest lecture/Resource
Person on Philippine
Migration