MASTER OF ARTS IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, MAJOR IN LITERATURE

ENG535M

LIT660M

Literary Theory

A study of theories, principles, and techniques of literary criticism, from antiquity to the later twentieth century emphasis on major schools criticism Such as Romanticism New Criticism, Formalism, Structuralism, Marxism, Feminist Criticism, and Post-structuralism.

LIT730M

Literary History of the Philippines

A reading course in the history of Philippine literature in the various vernacular and foreign languages, with emphasis on major authors, themes, movements, and periods.

LIT611M

The Teaching of Literature

A course on advanced approaches in literature at the secondary and tertiary levels, with emphasis on the differences between teaching language and teaching literary appreciation.

LIT711M

Literary Masterpieces

A reading course on literary masterpieces, with emphasis on works that have significantly changed the course of literary history in Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, and the States; a brief survey of major literary movements and themes will be given at the start of the course.

LIT601M

Preparation of Instructional Materials

A study of the principles of materials preparation with practice in the development and use of instructional materials.

LIT612M/ENG631M

Psychology of Language Learning

A study of the phenomenon of language learning, including biological mechanism of speech organs, models of language acquisition, first and second language learning, bilingualism and linguistic ontogeny.

LIT762M

Popular Literature

A study of the history of popular literature and the theoretical approaches to its study; reading of representative works in English and Filipino.

LIT691M

Fiction Writing Techniques

An in-depth study of the fundamentals of prose fiction beyond the undergraduate level; includes frequent writing exercises in the elements of description, characterization, dialogue, narrative viewpoint, the writing of short fiction, and peer analysis of these exercises.

LIT345M

Literature and Environment

This three-unit interdisciplinary course introduces students to the evolving nature of literature and environment studies.

LIT763M

Gender, Sexuality and Literature

A study of literature from the optic lens of genders and sexualities. Includes a survey of feminist and antihomophobic discourse/theories; an examination of the representations of the female and the homosexual subject in literature; and an interrogation of the identity politics of the writers/texts.

LIT769M

Performance Studies

This course takes up performance both as object of study and as a mode of critical inquiry in the humanities and social sciences. It explores various understandings of performance, performance studies, and performance research, with a special attention to practices of performance in the Philippines.

LIT771M

Postcolonial Studies

This course examines the rise [of] and ongoing conversation on Postcolonial Studies. The course explores how the main theoretical movements and debates intersect [and engage with] important questions and issues of nationalism and nationhood, transnationalism, cosmopolitanism and globalization, migration and diaspora, gender and sexuality, class, race and ethnicity.

LIT781M

The Culture Concept

Culture is one of the most contested concepts across the disciplines and foundational to Cultural Studies. This course acquaints the students with classical, anthropological, sociological, and literary definitions of culture.

LIT800M

Literature Seminar

Special topics in interdisciplinary studies, such as Literature and Psychoanalysis, Literature and Marxism, Literature and Linguistics, and Literature and Historiography.

LIT851M onwards

Thesis Writing

The application of the skills and knowledge gained in course work to some problem of language or literature teaching, or language/literature program administration.