Course Code

LIT2110

Course Title

WORLD LITERATURE FROM ANCIENT WORLD THROUGH RENAISSANCE

Effective Term

20221

Writing Credit

Yes

International/Intercultural

Yes

Elective Flag

Yes

GELO Mapping

CLO 1: 1.0 Students shall read and discuss diverse and representative samples of ancient texts that may reflect some of the following movements, periods, and/or authors: Ancient Mesopotamian literature; Chavin and Olmec creation narratives; Shang Dynasty oracle bones; Egyptian mythology; 1st Wave Polynesian migration narratives; oral traditions; Hebrew and Indus Valley literatures among others.
CLO 3: 3.0 Introduce and define relevant literary themes, concepts, and techniques applicable to selections of world literatures during the Post-Classical period and Middle Ages. Students shall read and discuss diverse and representative samples of texts that may reflect some of the following movements, periods, and/or authors: Ghana and Songhay oral traditions; Toltec oral narratives; Japanese Heian literature; Srivijaya Indonesian inscriptions; French chivalric romances; literature of the Crusades; the Mali Empire’s Sundjata Keita; travel, trade, and exploration writing among others.
CLO 4: 4.0 Introduce and define relevant literary themes, concepts, and techniques applicable to selections of world literatures during the Renaissance and early Colonial periods. Students shall read and discuss diverse and representative samples of texts that may reflect some of the following movements, periods, and/or authors: Nepal Bhasa literature; Spanish Renaissance poetry; Quechua manuscripts; Shakespearean literature; West African slave narratives, among others.

CLO 2: 2.0 Students shall read and discuss diverse and representative samples of texts that may reflect some of the following movements, periods, and/or authors: Mayan and Aztec codices; Hindu Sanskrit; Islamic texts; Taoist texts and Confucius Analects; Old and New Testaments; Greek and Roman mythology; Ethiopian Ge’ez literature; 2nd wave Polynesian narratives among others.
CLO 3: 3.0 Introduce and define relevant literary themes, concepts, and techniques applicable to selections of world literatures during the Post-Classical period and Middle Ages. Students shall read and discuss diverse and representative samples of texts that may reflect some of the following movements, periods, and/or authors: Ghana and Songhay oral traditions; Toltec oral narratives; Japanese Heian literature; Srivijaya Indonesian inscriptions; French chivalric romances; literature of the Crusades; the Mali Empire’s Sundjata Keita; travel, trade, and exploration writing among others.
CLO 4: 4.0 Introduce and define relevant literary themes, concepts, and techniques applicable to selections of world literatures during the Renaissance and early Colonial periods. Students shall read and discuss diverse and representative samples of texts that may reflect some of the following movements, periods, and/or authors: Nepal Bhasa literature; Spanish Renaissance poetry; Quechua manuscripts; Shakespearean literature; West African slave narratives, among others.

CLO 1: 1.0 Students shall read and discuss diverse and representative samples of ancient texts that may reflect some of the following movements, periods, and/or authors: Ancient Mesopotamian literature; Chavin and Olmec creation narratives; Shang Dynasty oracle bones; Egyptian mythology; 1st Wave Polynesian migration narratives; oral traditions; Hebrew and Indus Valley literatures among others.
CLO 2: 2.0 Students shall read and discuss diverse and representative samples of texts that may reflect some of the following movements, periods, and/or authors: Mayan and Aztec codices; Hindu Sanskrit; Islamic texts; Taoist texts and Confucius Analects; Old and New Testaments; Greek and Roman mythology; Ethiopian Ge’ez literature; 2nd wave Polynesian narratives among others.

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