World Literature II

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This writing-intensive seminar introduces students to the evolution of world literature from 1700 to the 21st Century. Representative works of neoclassicism, romanticism, Gothicism, realism, and naturalism are considered. Authors such as Daniel Defoe, Henrick Ibsen, Gaston Leroux, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Thomas Mann, Albert Camus, Elie Wiesel, Toni Morrison, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Gibson, Salman Rushdie, and Jhumpa Lahari are examined. Emphasis is placed on the rise of the novel, modern theatre, and poetry. Prerequisite: ENG 102.Gen. Ed. Competencies Met: Global and Historic Awareness and Human Expression.