HOLY CROSS OF DAVAO COLLEGE
Sta. Ana Avenue, Davao City
Bachelor of Arts (AB)
Major: English
COURSE OUTLINE
I. Course Number : English 16
Credit : 3 units
II. Course Title: Literary Criticism
Pre-requisite : Eng a, 1, 2, 12, 13, 14
III. Course Description:
This course deals with the approaches and methods used in critical
analysis of literary selections. It is also concerned with the critical acts, discussing
what work of art is, how and how well it becomes what it is, and how worthwhile it
is. The course also includes theories and methods of approaching literature, such
as deconstruction, feminism, Marxism, post-colonial theories. Likewise, it aims to
provide the student with critical tools necessary to read literary texts.
IV.
Course Objectives: At the end of the course, the students can:
A. Cognitive (Knowledge) :
1. Apply the theories and principles of literary criticism in analyzing
selections.
2. Compare and contrast the techniques involved in literary criticism.
3. Formulate their own literary theories that could be used in literary
criticism.
B. Affective (Attitude) :
1. Appreciate the beauty of literary selections and literary criticism
C. Psychomotor (Skills) :
1. Write a term paper applying the literary approaches
V.
Course Outline
Contents
A. Introduction
1. Definition of Terms
2. Functions of Literary Criticism
3. Kinds of Literary
4. Criticism
5. Kinds of Judgment
6. Nature of Literature
7. Literary Standards
8. Classification and
9. Definition of Literary
10. Types
B. Techniques for Reading Poetry
No. of Hours
3
2
C. Factors to consider in the understanding and evaluation of :
Poetry:
1. Analysis
2. Criticism
3. Evaluation
D. Metrics and Versification
E. Fiction:
1. Analysis
2. Criticism
3. Evaluation
F. Critical Analysis of Poetry
1. The Tiger by William Blake
2. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
3. Other pieces of poetry
G. Critical Analysis of Short Stories
1. The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
2. Other short stories
H. Approaches and Methods of Literary Criticism
1. Biographical
2. Psychological
3. Symbolical
4. Moral
5. Formalist
6. Thematic
7. Archetypical
8. Feminist
9. Structuralism
10. Post Modernism
I. Other literary approaches/ Literary Theories
1. Theory on Art as an Imitation by Plato
(Republic Book X)
2. Poetics by Aristotle
3. Essay on Criticism By Alexander Pope
4. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads
by William Wordsworth
5. Poetic Principle
by Edgar Allan Poe
6. A Defense of Poetry
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
7. What is Art?
by Leo Tolstoy
8. Art and Literature
by Mao Tse-tung
J. Critical Analysis of the Following
Literary Works:
1. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
3
2
3
4
7
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
Other literary pieces
Total
VI.
2
2
2
2
4
54 hours
References
A.Books
Ref. 1 Ayers, D. (2008). Literary theory: A reintroduction. Malden, MA: Oxford: Blackwell
Publishing Co.
Ref. 2 Cruz, J. et. al. (2010). A treasury of world literature. Mandaluyong City: Books
Atbp. Pub. Corp.
Ref. 3 Dobie, A. (2012). Theory into practice: an introduction to literarycriticism.
Australia: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Ref. 4 Eagleton, M. (2011). Feminist literary theory: a reader. Chichester, West Sussex,
UK: Wiley – Blackwell.
Ref. 5 Habib, M. (2011). Literary criticism from Plato to the present: an introduction.
West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley – Blackwell Publishing.
Ref. 6 Habib, R. (2008). Modern criticism and theory: a history. Malden, MA: Blackwell
Pub.
Ref. Standiford, L. (2008). The man who invented Christmas: how Charles Dicken’s A
Christmas Carol rescued his career and revived our holiday spirits. New York:
Crown Publishers.
Ref. 8 Vinuya, R. (2007). World literature: the universal and timeless voices of
humanity. Makati City: Grandwater Publications.
A. Web Resources
Ref. 9 A defense of poetry by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Retrieved September 24, 2012
from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/essay/237844 .
Ref. 10 An essay on criticism analysis. Retrieved September 24, 2012 from
http://www.eliteskills.com/c/128.
Ref. 11 Analysis_of_the_tiger_by_ william_blake. Retrieved September 22, 2012 from
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/.
Ref. 12 Aristotle. Retrieved September 22, 2012 from
http://www.strenudd.com/myth/greek/Aristotle/Aristotle- poetics.htm .
Ref. 13 Fiction. Retrieved September 24, 2012 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction .
Ref. 14 Form and technique in poetry (poetry). Retrieved September 24, 2012 from
http://www.writing.colostate.edu/guide/documents/bookreview/poetry.cfm.
Ref. 15 Literary criticism (approaches). Retrieved September 24, 2012 from
http://www.writeawriting.com/academic-wirting/literary-criticism.
Ref. 16 Literary criticism. Retrieved September 22, 2012 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_criticism.
Ref. 17 Literary criticism – nature and function. Retrieved September 22, 2012 from
http://expertscolumn.com/content/literary-criticism-nature-and-function .
Ref. 18 Lyrical ballads by William Wordsworth. Retrieved September 27, 2012 from
http://www.glyndwr.ac.uk/rdover/words/ballads.htm.
Ref. 19 Mao Tun [Mao Dun] on Mao Tse-tung’s Teachings on literature and art. In
Commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the publication of Mao Tsetung’s “Address at the Yenan Round-Table Discussion on Literature and Art”.
Retrieved September 22, 2012 from
http://chineseposters.net/resources/mao-tun.php.
Ref. 20 Poetic devices. Retrieved September 24, 2012 from
http://www.hasc.qld.edu.au/csnotes06/engthurPW/TermTwo2006/poetic_technique.htm.
Ref. 21 Poetics (Aristotle). Retrieved September 24, 2012 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/poetics.
Ref. 22 Short notes on the functions of literary criticism by Anand Mundra. Retrieved
September 22, 2012 from
http://www.preservearticles.com/20120331126523/short-notes-on-thefunctions-of-literary-criticism.html.
Ref. 23 Stopping by woods on a snowy evening by Robert Frost. Retrieved September
24, 2012 from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171621 .
Ref.24 The good earth. Retrieved September 26, 2012 from
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/goodearth/.
Ref. 25 The little prince. Retrieved September 26, 2012 from
http://www.angelfire.com/hi/littleprince/.
Ref. 26 The_necklace. Retrieved September 24, 2012 from http://www.bookrags.com.
Ref. 27 The poetic principle by Edgar Allan Poe. Retrieved September 24, 2012 from
http://www.classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/eapoe/bl-eapoe- poetic.htm
Ref. 28 The prince and the pauper. Retrieved September 26, 2012 from
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/prince-and-thepauper/book_summary.html.
Ref. 29 The scarlet letter. Retrieved September 26, 2012 from
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/scarlet.
Ref. 30 The tiger_by_William_Blake. Retrieved September 24, 2012 from
http://www.wliteskills.com/analysis_ poetry analysis.php.
Ref. 31 Tolstoy’s what is art? Retrieved September 24, 2012 from
http://www.angelfire.com/md2/timewarp/tols