Application: The ability to critically analyze and interpret literary texts by applying and evaluating these different theoretical frameworks.

Philippine Literature in English:

Significant Authors & Works: Detailed knowledge of key figures and their seminal works across different genres: Jose Garcia Villa (poet, "comma poems"), Nick Joaquin (novelist, short story writer, "Summer Solstice," _The Woman Who Had Two Navels_), F. Sionil Jose (_Rosales Saga_), Francisco Arcellana (short story writer), Edith Tiempo (poet, novelist), NVM Gonzalez (novelist, "The Winds of April"), Carlos Bulosan (_America Is in the Heart_), Bienvenido Santos, Angela Manalang-Gloria, and others.
Literary Periods & Movements: Understanding the development of Philippine literature in English from the American Colonial Period (initiation, apprenticeship) to the Post-War and Contemporary periods, noting shifts in themes, styles, and influences.
Themes and Styles: Identifying recurring themes (e.g., national identity, colonialism, social injustice, rural vs. urban life, diaspora, family values) and distinctive writing styles (e.g., magic realism, social realism, modernism).

Afro-Asian Literature:

Key Authors & Works: Familiarity with influential writers from Africa (e.g., Chinua Achebe's _Things Fall Apart_, Wole Soyinka, Nadine Gordimer, Ngugi wa Thiong'o) and Asia (e.g., Rabindranath Tagore, Yukio Mishima, R.K. Narayan, Hanif Kureishi, Lu Xun, Yasunari Kawabata, Lao She).
Cultural & Historical Contexts: Understanding how colonialism, post-colonial experiences, cultural traditions, religious beliefs, and socio-political issues significantly shape the themes, narratives, and literary forms in these literatures.

Literatures of the World (Survey):

British Literature: Comprehensive review of major periods (Old English, Middle English, Renaissance, Restoration/18th Century, Romantic, Victorian, Modern, Postmodern) and canonical authors (e.g., Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Jane Austen, Wordsworth, Dickens, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, Samuel Beckett). Understanding the socio-historical backdrop for each era.
American Literature: Key movements (Colonial/Puritan, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, Harlem Renaissance, Postmodernism) and authors (e.g., Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Toni Morrison).
European and Other Global Literatures: Broad understanding of significant works and movements from other cultures (e.g., Greek mythology/drama/philosophy, Russian novels like Dostoevsky/Tolstoy, French existentialism, Latin American magical realism like Gabriel Garcia Marquez).

Mythology and Folklore:

Major Mythologies: In-depth knowledge of Greek (Olympians, heroes, epic cycles), Roman, Norse (gods, sagas), and prominent Philippine mythologies (e.g., creation myths, folk heroes like Bernardo Carpio, mythical creatures).
Archetypes & Symbolism: Identifying universal archetypes (e.g., the hero's journey, the shadow, the wise old man, the trickster) and common symbols in myths and their enduring literary and psychological significance across cultures.

Campus Journalism:
- News Writing: Mastery of the inverted pyramid style (most important information first), elements of news (who, what, when, where, why, how), writing clear and concise leads, objectivity,