World Literature 1

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Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL C1000 or C1000H. This course surveys global works of literature, with an emphasis on literature in translation. Students read, discuss, and write critically about drama, poetry, and narrative dating from the ancient world to 1650. They are introduced to contemporary academic scholarship surrounding World Literature, and also learn about, and apply, rhetorical and literary-critical methods for reading it. As literature generally in translation, course material is reflected upon, not just in its historical context, but in its appropriation, over time and space, by subsequent readers, writers, artists, translators, and filmmakers. (C-ID: ENGL 140) (UC, CSU, AVC)