I. INTRODUCTION
A. DEFINITION OF LITERATURE
B. IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE
C. VALUES OF LITERATURE
D. ARTS & LITERATURE
E. HISTORY & LITERATURE
F. REASONS FOR STUDYING LITERATURE
G. CLASSES OF LITERATURE
- WRITTEN LANGUAGE
- ORAL LANGUAGE
H. DIVISION OF LITERATURE
1. PROSE
A. PROSE DRAMA
B. ESSAY
C. PROSE FICTION
- NOVEL
- SHORT STORY
- NOVELETTE
- PROSE ROMANCE
- PROSE ALLEGORY
- MYTHOLOGY
- LEGEND
- TALES OF ADVENTURE OR EXPERIENCE
- FOLKTALE
- FABLE
ELEMENTS OF PROSE FICTION
1. CHARACTERS
* ROUND CHARACTER
* FLAT CHARACTER
* PROTAGONIST
* ANTAGONIST
* DEUTERAGONIST
* FINGE CHARACTER
* TYPICAL OR MINOR CHARACTER
2. SETTING
3. CONFLICT
-TYPES OF CONFLICT
* INTERNAL ( MAN VS. HIMSELF)
* EXTERNAL ( MAN VS. MAN)
* INTERPERSONAL ( MAN VS. HIS ENVIRONMENT)
4. PLOT
NARRATIVE ORDER
* CHRONOLOGICAL
* FLASHBACK
* PYRAMIDAL STRUCTURE OF A FLAT
* EXPOSITION
* COMPLICATION
* CLIMAX
* DENOUMENT
* RESOLUTION
QUALITIES OF THE PLOT
* EXCITING
* GOOD STRUCTURE
PLOT DEVICES
* FORESHADOWING
* FLASHBACK
5. POINT OF VIEW
6. TONE/MOOD
7. SYMBOLISM
8. IMAGES
9. THEME
MORE EXAMPLE OF PROSE
D. BIOGRAPHY/ AUTOBIOGRAPHY
E. LETTER
F. DIARY
G. JOURNAL
H. OTHER PROSE FORM
* HISTORICAL PROSE - PHILOSOPHY - PAMPLET
* SCIENTIFIC - TRAVEL - EULOGY
* SATIRICAL - PARODY - SPEECH
* CURRENT PUBLICATION - ANECDOTE - ADDRESS
* LITERACY CRITICISM - CHARACTER SKETCH - LECTURE
* BOOK REVIEW - PARABLE - TALK
POETRY
A. NARRATIVE POETRY
* EPIC
* METRICAL ROMANCE
* METRICAL TALE
* BALLAD
* POPULAR BALLAD
* MODERN OR ARTISTIC BALLAD
B. LYRIC POETRY
* ODE
* ELEGY
* SONG
* SONNET - petrarchan, Shakespearian, mitonic, simple
DRAMATIC POETRY
POETIC PLAY
* COMEDY
* TRAGEDY
* DRAMATIC HISTORY
* FARCE
* MELODRAMA
* MASQUE
* DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE
MINOR FORMS OF POETRY
1. DESCRIPTIVE POETRY
* PASTORAL POETRY
* IDYLL
2. DIDACTIVE POETRY
3. SATIRIC POETRY
I. TIMES FRAMES IN PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
1. PRE COLONIAL PERIOD (BC-1565)
2. PANISH ERA (1565-1863)
3. THE NATIONALISTIC (1864-1896)
4. THE US COLONIAL RULE (1910-1930, 1920-1945)
5. THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION (1942-1944)
6. CONTEMPORARY PERIOD (1960-1944)
7.POST EDSA LITERATURE
II. THE LITERARY GENRES
A. FICTION
1. THE GREAT FLOOD (TINGGIAN TALE REGION I)
2. THE MONKEY AND THE TURTLE (BILAAN)
3. HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUGHT HOME A WIFE (MANUEL A. ARGUILLA)
4. LIFE IS A THREE RING CIRCLE (JOSE QUIRINO)
5. WEDDING DANCE (AMADOR T. DAGUIO)
6. THE BEAUTIFUL HORSE ( PAOLO DIZON)
* BREAD OF SALT ( NVM GONZALES)
* MAY DAY EVE (NICK JOAQUIN)
* THE HOUSE OF ZAPOTE STREET (NICK JOAQUIN)
* SCENT OF APPLES (BIENVENIDO N. SANTOS)
* THE CHIEFTEST MOURNER (AIDA RIVERA FORD)
* MAGNIFICENCE (ASTRELLA ALFON)
B. POETRY
1. ELEMENTS OF POETRY
2. CHARACTERISTIC OF POETRY
3. BONSAI ( EDITH TIEMPO)
4. THE PEOPLE'S WARRIOR (EMMANUEL LACABA)
5. RAIN (DANTON REMODO)
6. CARAVAN OF THE WATER BEARERS (MARJORIE EVASCO)
7. SHORT TIME ( JAIME AN LIM)
C. ESSAY
1. ELEMENTS OF ESSAY
2. TYPES OF ESSAY
* WHERE IS THE PATIS? (CARMEN GUERRERO NAKPIL)
* DOG EATERS (RANDY DAVIA)
* DEAR TETCHIE AGBAYANI (SYLVIA MAYUGA)
D. DRAMA
1. TYPES OF DRAMA
2. ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
* CONDEMED (WILFREDO MA.GUERRERO)
