ENGL& 256 - World Literature III: 19th to 21st Century

Credits: 5
A critical and comparative survey of European and non-western world literature that reflects the various forces and social transformations relating to colonialism, nationalism, postcolonialism, im/migration, globalization, and economic systems from a spectrum of cultures.

Prerequisite: Eligible for ENGL 099.

Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English and Diversity

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Compare the importance between the various genres of world literature, such as the novel, short story, drama, poetry, and/or memoir, along with related literary criticism.
Investigate and comprehend the historical, cultural, and political contexts within which works of world literature emerge and function.
Develop a comparative understanding of evolving definitions, functions, and struggles around identity, community, culture, nationalism, transnationalism, sense of place, power relations, globalization (among others) from various dominant and marginalized groups as expressed in the literature.
Write projects/essays that respond to the literature.
Engage in close reading, interpretation, critical analysis, and class discussions as tools for understanding, evaluating, and comparing world literature and discourses from various periods.
Evaluate how different world cultures transform, and are transformed by, key global forces through examining works of world literature.

Program Outcomes
Demonstrate college-level reading skills by summarizing, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, and evaluating college texts; and develop an awareness of the approaches writers use for different audiences, genres, and rhetorical situations.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.