World Literature Schedule

Luck... real lucky...

That's what I believe you are right now. Now with all that sudden holidays and leaves...

Real lucky.

And unlucky, if you will.

I mean, what will we gain after all these.. vacations?

Now, for you to be prepared - and you know that being prepared makes one feel at least in control of things - I guess you need to plan ahead. And this little schedule I prepared will suffice for that.

Now, kindly take note of the Fridays. I love Fridays. Lots and lots of fun things to do on Fridays, don't you think?

But that's just my opinion, of course. Well, just take a look.


University of Santo Tomas
World Literatures
Course Outline


NOV 19 What is Literature

NOV 22 •“Literature of Knowledge and
Literature of Power”
– Thomas de Quincy

NOV 24 •“Educating the Literary Taste”
– Pas Latorena

NOV 26 •“Why Literature?”
– Mario Vargas Llosa

NOV 29 “Songbirds of Pain” – Garry Kilworth

DEC 1 “Sonnet 29” – William Shakespeare

DEC 3 QUIZ

DEC 6 "The Lawsuit"
Naguib Mahfouz

DEC 8 "Running Shoes"
Rick Barret

DEC 10 Quiz

DEC 13 "Chabela Wedding Cake"
from Like Water for Chocolate
Laura Esquivel

DEC 15 film viewing

"Like Water for Chocolate"
or"Chocolat" starring
Johnny Depp

DEC 17 Review [paskuhan]

CHRISTMAS VACATION (as if you don't know)

JAN 3 "After Great Pain A Formal
Feeling Comes"
Emily Dickinson

JAN 5 "Management of Grief"
Bharati Mukherjee

JAN 7 Quiz

JAN 10 "Mlissa"
Alice Walker

JAN 12 "The Blank Page"
Isak Dinesen

JAN 14 Quiz [review]


JAN 17-21 PRELIMS


JAN 24 "At The Portagee's"
Alex La Guma

JAN 26 "Nightsong City"
Dennis Brutus

JAN 28 Quiz

JAN 31 Reporting 1


FEB 2 Reporting 2

FEB 4 Lecture / Discussion
Light Quiz

FEB 7 Reporting 3

FEB 9 Reporting 4

FEB 11 Lecture / Discussion
Light Quiz

FEB 14 Reporting 5

FEB 16 Reporitng 6

FEB 18 Lecture / Discussion
Light Quiz

FEB 21 Reporting 7

FEB 23 Reporting 8

FEB 25 Lecture / Discussion
Light Quiz

FEB 28 Make Up Reports

MAR 2 Make Up Reports

MAR 4 Make Up Reports

MAR 7 Make Up Reports
MAR 9 Make Up Reports

MAR 11 Make Up Reports

MAR 14 Review

MAR 16 Review

MAR 17 Review

MAR 21 TO 25 FINAL EXAMS


Oohh... and did you see the dates of your major exams?
Tough one, eh?




Byte me!

What we need is a textbook!

Okay so it's a bit late in the afternoon, but still I am a man of my word.

For our subject in World Literatures, here is what we are to use,

Views: Between Borders, Beyond Barriers
Understanding Peoples and Cultures Through World Literatures

This is by:
Ferdinand Lopez, Luciana Urquiola, and Remedios Biavati

It costs about P395 so you better save it instead of using it to watch the latest Harry Potter film.

Well... See you tomorrow, kids.

And just a fair warning... we only have a few meetings before Christmas break, can you believe that?

Just look at this

Anyway... here's my favorite Batman film, next to The Dark Knight.



Byte me!