DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE College of Arts and Sciences San Beda College COURSESYLLABUS First Semester, AY2014-2015 San Beda College, a Catholic educational institution, is committed to the Christian formation of the Bedan Community as its service to the Church, the Philippine society, and the world. Vision : San Beda College envisions a community that is Fully Human, Wholly Christian, Truly Filipino, and Globally Competitive. Mission : San Beda College aims to form
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A Brief History of Philippine Literature in English I. Pre-Colonial Period - Consisted of early Filipino literature passed down orally; oral pieces have a communal authorship – it was difficult to trace the original author of the piece since oral literature did not focus on ownership or copyright, rather on the act of storytelling itself; - Many oral pieces became lost in the wave of the new literary influence brought about by the Spanish colonization;
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represents Jesus Christ indicates that the same person who created Jesus also created the tiger (“The Tyger”). Building on the tiger symbolism, Blake is questioning the creator on how he could create something so beautiful, such as the lamb and the tiger, but still allow the tiger to possess a vengeance within. Furthermore, the mention of the lamb is also an allusion to Christianity (“Songs of Innocence and Experience”). Throughout history the symbol of a lamb has always represented God’s son, Jesus Christ
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Understanding Racism and Discrimination Being a white female I could never fully understand racism and the feelings that come from discrimination based on my looks or the color of my skin. Through literary works like Alice Walker’s “The Welcome Table” I get a glimpse into what it might be like. It is also through this type of writing that I am reminded of issues from the past that still exist in the present. Through the reader response analysis approach I will discuss how “The Welcome
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Running Head: LITERARY WORK ENG 125 January 9, 2011 “The Welcome Table” by Alice Walker and “Country Lovers” by Nadine Gordimer are two literary poems that have similarities and differences. They are very different in their style, character and format. I think the most common thing that these two literary poems share is they both have a strong and excellent characterization. “Country Lovers” has events and circumstances of behavior and situations
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Word choice is by far one of the most significant aspects that characterizes literature in general. However, in regards to poetry, “the choice and order of words”, known as diction, is especially paramount. Author Robert Hayden was fully aware of this fact. Consequently, he placed an exorbitant amount of effort into selecting the phrases he would employ in his works. A prime example of this, is his piece “Middle Passage” where his word choice has a particularly colossal impact (“Elements of Poetry”)
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Complete the following matrix for each of the cultural periods that are shown. Provide examples from at least two (2) literary works to illustrate your entries in each category. If discussing contemporary literature, for example, a thematic focus might be relationship of mainstream with minority literatures and your examples incorporate Rushdie' and Cronin's works. Your entries in these columns must go beyond a few words or a simple bullet point. There is no required minimum word length, but you must
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Week 4 Journal Introduction to Literature Joshua Mills March 2, 2015 A literary analysis is very different from most writings, as its interpretive. What I may take away or pick up on is different than what you might interpret from it. To successfully analyze literature, you’ll need to remember that authors make specific choices for particular reasons. We have to remain objective to why the author added that detail or why they used that literary trick in that story. That’s exactly what I did
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discrimination, and conspiracies transpire from time to time without anyone acknowledging these dilemmas. Individuals, who acquired a vast knowledge about societal issues that other individuals fail to recognize, attempt to express those problems through literature. Many prominent authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Flannery O’Connor, and James Baldwin enlightened what people fail to comprehend. Specifically, these authors explored deeper into an individual’s darkest and vilest personality, which perpetuate his
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Emily Dickinson was a nineteenth century poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in American literature. Although she possessed talent for words, she was unlucky in her love life, often driving men away with her quick wit and innovative ideas. Her rough experiences led her to write many poems that had a feminist outlook. An example would be poem 1072 where Dickinson challenges women in the nineteenth century to consider an alternative life that strays from gender roles of society
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