World Literature I

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This writing-intensive seminar introduces students to the origins and evolution of world literature through 1700. Students examine how texts such as "The Epic of Gilgamesh" and the Bible emerged as products of a society’s oral tradition. Students further explore how the oral tradition influenced authors such as Homer, Virgil, Dante, Chaucer, and Milton. Emphasis is placed on poetry, drama, traditional and literary epics, tragedies, fabliaux, satires, and romances as students consider how these texts influenced the development of modern literature. Prerequisite: ENG 102. Three lecture hours per week.