Introduction to Global Literatures

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Engage the challenging process of reading fictional and nonfictional texts from a range of cultures across the world. Investigate the nature and formation of discursive communities and the reasons why some of those communities have power and status and others do not. Examine how literary texts register and transmit social equality and inequality, how literature acts as an agent for social change and how reading and writing can create bridges between cultures. Recognize your own position in social systems and think about how you contribute to creating conditions of equality/inclusivity or inequality/exclusion. The goal is to reflect on our own values and social contexts in order to imagine how best to engage social systems and values systems different from our own.