ENGL 212: World Literature, Spring 2022

Discusses the production, cultural context and interpretation of literary texts from both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, focusing on the foundational relationships between identity, ethnicity, place and culture and paying special attention to human/textual relationships as they emerge out of empire, colonization and diasporic migration. World Literature also exposes students to a global vision of the human mind engaged in the universal art of storytelling. In addition to its extensive focus on modern and contemporary literature, course also surveys literary classics from Ancient through the Early Modern periods. Class will review texts written by male and female, and Western and (predominantly) non-Western authors in genres including novels, poetry, prose, criticism and autobiography. A Knowledge or Responsibility Source Course.