FACULTY: Eugene Salazar
EMAIL: eufrosalazar@gmail.com
Orpheus and Euridice
ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY
LOYOLA SCHOOLS
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE NUMBER: Lit 14
TITLE: Introduction to Poetry and Drama
NUMBER OF UNITS: 3
DEPARTMENT: English
SCHOOL: School of Humanities
SEMESTER AND SCHOOL YEAR:
Intersession, 2018- 2019
SCHEDULE: Weekdays, 9:30-11:00;
SOM-203
Course Description
This 3-unit course trains students in the
analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of poetry
and drama by familiarizing them with the
elements, forms, and practices of these
genres.
Course Objectives/Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this course, students are
expected to:
1. Know the basic elements of poetry and
drama
2. Write literary analysis papers about poetic
and dramatic texts using close reading
techniques
3. Articulate their own interpretation of texts
in class discussions, small-group work, and
creative presentations
4. Discuss in a sustained manner issues
pertaining to the diversity of poetic and
dramatic texts across cultures and time frames
5. Form convictions through poetry and drama
about one’s place and responsibilities in
today’s society
Course Outline & Reading List
Packet I : Introduction: How to Read Poetry
Poetic Concepts : Persona, auditor, dramatic
situation, denotation/connotation, imagery
Jose Garcia Villa, “The Emperor’s New
Sonnet”
How To Read a Poem by E.D. Hirsch
Poems : Modernity/Modernism in Philippine
Literature by Lulu Reyes
Li Po, “Autumn River Song” and “Alone and
Drinking Under The Moon” ; Basho “The Old Poems:

Pond”; Sappho, “Ode to Aphrodite”

Alfred Yuson “Dream of Knives”
William Butler Yeats, “An Irish Airman
Angela Manalang-Gloria, “Soledad”
Foresees His Death”; Eva Gore-Booth, Edith Tiempo, “Bonsai”
“Comrades” Marjorie Evasco, “Is it the Kingfisher”
Marne Kilates, “Python in the Mall”

Packet II : The Poetic Elements

Poetic Concepts: Figures of Speech:Metaphor, Packet V : Drama: As Text, As Performance
Metonymy, Synecdoche, Sound Devices and
Rhyme Readings: Aristotle’s Poetics
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
The Great Figure : On Figurative Language A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
by D.A. Powell
Course Requirements
Poems: Archibald Macleish, “Ars Poetica”; 1. Long Quizzes scheduled after each packet;
and Short Quizzes, when necessary.
“First a Poem Must Be Magical by Jose Garcia
2. Midterm (Departmental) and Final Exams.
Villa; William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 116”; 3. Two literary papers—one for Midterms and
Robert Frost, “Mending Wall”; Emily Dickinson, one for Finals; Maximum of three pages
“The Soul Selects Her Own Society—”; John each, single-spaced, Times New
Donne, “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”; Roman, font size 12.
4. A Group Project—Graphic
Edgar Allan Poe, “The Bells”
Poetry/Performance Poetry.
5. Attendance in Master Classes on Poetry and
Packet III : Poetry and the Modern Drama hosted by the Department of
Condition English.
What is Modernism?
Grade Distribution
Poetic Concepts: Lyric, Narrative, & Dramatic
25% Quizzes/Exercises
Tendencies of Poems; Tone; Irony, Paradox 10% Group Project
Poems: T.S. Eliot, “The Hollow Men”; Ranier 20% Literary Essays
15% Midterm Exams
Maria Rilke, “Orpheus. Euridice. Hermes”;
20% Final Exam
W.H. Auden, “Musee Des Beaux Arts”; ; Dylan
10% Class Participation
Thomas, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good
Night”; Anne Sexton, “Cinderella”; Pablo
Neruda, “Tonight I Can Write The Saddest
A 92 – C 75 – 77
Lines”; Gwendolyn Brooks, “We Real Cool”;
100
Sylvia Plath, “Daddy”
B+ 87 – D 70 – 74
Packet IV : Poetry and the Philippine 91
Experience B 83 – F 0 – 69
86
C+ 78 – W Dropped
82
Course Policies and Other Reminders

1. Attendance is checked immediately

after the teacher has arrived and
settled down. If your name is missed
and you come in, you will be marked
late. People arriving after the second
bell are considered absent. University
rules on cuts apply.

2. Paper and activity submissions are

only done inside the classroom, unless
prescribed otherwise. Late submissions
will be accepted but will be evaluated
with deductions.
3. Prescribed readings will be provided
and made available, especially for
pieces not available online, and for
book-length selections.
4. Laptops, Ipads, Ipods, Smartphones,
and other gadgets may only be used
for classroom learning purposes.
Strictly no surfing or anything unrelated
to classroom activities.
5. Beadles are to create class groups
within Facebook for easy information
dissemination
6. There is no distinction between
intentional and unintended plagiarism.
Failing to document your sources
properly (in MLA format) still counts as
a plagiarism case.

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