ENGL 201
Readings in World Literature (GE)
1. Catalog Entry
ENGL 201
Readings in World Literature (GE)
Credit hours (3)
Study of selected works in World literature with emphasis on the development of critical
                                    reading skills within a historical, cultural, and ideological national context.
| Note(s): General Education and Humanistic or Artistic Expression designated course. | 
2. Detailed Description of Course
Close reading and critical analysis of selected major works of World literature in
                                    translation; such works to be drawn from different literary periods—Classical Antiquity
                                    through the 21 st Century— and to represent a variety of literary genres.
3. Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
ENGL 201 uses a wide variety of instructional strategies which may include any number
                                    of the following: lecture; discussion; PowerPoint or web-enhanced instruction; collaborative
                                    group work; individual or group student reports; student PowerPoint or web-enhanced
                                    presentations; informal writing-to-learn activities including in-class focused writing,
                                    readers' logs, double-entry reading journals, or discussion questions; formal writing
                                    activities including essays, reviews, critical analyses, research reports with peer
                                    writing groups on drafts; individual or group conferences with the instructor on drafts;
                                    creative writing projects including short fiction, poetry, dramatic sketches.
4. Goals and Objectives of the Course
This course satisfies the University Core B, Global Perspectives requirement described
                                    as follows:
Goal 11: ¸£Àûµ¼ÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ student will understand how social and cultural (for example,
                                    political, historical, economic, environmental, religious, or geographic) forces shape
                                    experiences in the global setting.
¸£Àûµ¼ÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ students will be able to:
    1) Identify how different perspectives shape human life around the world
    2) Recognize social and cultural forces that affect relationships between cultures
                                    in the world
In addition, English 201 has the following departmental goals:
    1) That students develop an understanding of literature as an art form;
    2) That students develop the ability to become skillful and thoughtful readers
                                    of literature;
    3) That students become knowledgeable about a representative sample of the major
                                    works of world literature;
    4) That students learn to apply their engagement with literary texts to an examination
                                    of their own lives and worlds
5. Assessment Measures
Either alone or in collaboration with others, students will demonstrate their understanding
                                    of the art of literature and their ability to interpret thoughtfully what they have
                                    read by participating in discussion and by formulating written analyses of the reading
                                    in their journals, in their papers and on examinations. Students will demonstrate
                                    in discussion and in their writing their mastery of the texts assigned for reading.
                                    Students will be expected to make personal connections to the literature and express
                                    those connections through discussion, writing, creative projects, class presentations
                                    or performances.
6. Other Course Information
None
Review and Approval
October 2009
June 20, 2015
March 01, 2021