COLLEGE-WIDE COURSE CONTENT SUMMARY
ENG 251-252 Survey of World Literature I - II  3 cr.) (3 cr.)

Course Description
Prerequisite-ENG 112 or its equivalent or divisional approval.
Examines major writers selected from a variety of literary traditions.
Involves critical reading and writing.
Lecture 3 hours per week.

 General Course Purpose
T'his course exists primarily to introduce the student to selected works which represent the development of world literature. Such a course of study will include a recognition of the cultural (philosophical, religious, political, etc.) movements that may influence or be influenced by the works studied. The course will also increase the student's abilities in literary analysis and written composition.

Entry Level Competencies

Course Objectives
Common Goals for Principal Literature Surveys

Obiectives Specific to World Literature:
1) Student will gain a familiarity with selected masterpieces of world literature.
2) Student will gain a familiarity with major literary and cultural characteristics anddevelopments
3) .Student will increase his or her proficiency in literary analysis and written communication.

Major Topics to be Included
1) Familiarity with selected literary works and cultural characteristics of the ancient world, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Neoclassical period, the Romantic period, Realism, Naturalism, and the modern world.
2) Familiarity with selected literary works and cultural characteristics of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and South America.Literary analysis of these works.
3) Familiarity with literary terms and common analytic approaches

.Extra Topics
1) Familiarity with the historical development of selected historical genres.
2) Familiarity with such other elements of content which the instructor may select. These elements will be congruent with the course purpose, course objectives or elements of content described above.

Last Revised:  February 1994