Department(s)
Course Description
(3-3-0) Core Area 040 This course is taken for academic credit. (Prerequisite: ENGL 1301) Students will earn an A, B, C, D, F, or W. A survey of world literature from the ancient world through the sixteenth century. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors and traditions.
Academic Level
Undergraduate Credit
CIP Code
16.0104 - Comparative Literature
Course Type (Attributes)
General Academic (ACGM) (ACGM)
Locations
Athens (01), Palestine Satellite (02), Terrell Satellite (03), Online (06), Dual Credit - High School (09)
This is a Coursedog only field and is not integrated with the SIS.
Objective
Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions.
Objective
Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.
Objective
Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions.
Objective
Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
Objective
Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.