ENG 231 - World Literature I

Credits: 3

Description
World Literature I explores literature from our earliest texts to c1651. Individual sections will include texts selected from around the world, and incorporate prose, poetry, and drama. Discussing the central themes of the global literary discourse will help students discover how authors have contributed to the literary tradition, recognize the influence of literature on contemporary thought, and form connections across historical, geographical, and cultural boundaries.

Student Learning Outcomes

Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze earliest world literary texts to c 1651 including prose, poetry, and drama.
Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in earliest world literary texts to c 1651 including prose, poetry, and drama.
Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
Exhibit research skills in writing.

Prerequisite: ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 101H or ENG 113 with a grade of C- or higher; or Department Chair or Instructor approval