Syllabus

English 2330

A Survey of WorldLiterature

Summer 2012

July 9 –August 3

Prerequisite: Composition I and Composition II

Class Time: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday / 11:00am – 1:50pm

Classroom: CLEM 102

Instructor: George Wilkerson, Ph.D.

Office:

Phone:615/457-1192

email:

Office Hours:

Required text:
The Longman Anthology of World Literature,Compact Edition. Damrosch, David andDavid
L. Pike, eds.NewYork: Pearson, 2008.Print.[ISBN - 13: 978-0-321-43690–0]
Course Description:
World Literature is a reading course in world poetry, drama, and fiction and focuses on critical analysis of representativeworks.

Learning Outcomes:
By completion of the course, the students will be prepared to

  • Analyze significant primary texts and works of art, ancient, pre-modern, and modern, as forms of cultural and creative expression;
  • Explain the ways in which humanistic and/or artistic expression throughout the ages expresses the culture and values of its time and place;
  • Explore global/cultural diversity;
  • Frame a comparative context through which they can critically assess the ideas, forces, and values that have created the modern world;
  • Recognize the ways in which both change and continuity have affected human history;
  • Practice the critical and analytical methodologies of the Humanities and/or Fine Arts.

Students will be evaluated on these objectives according to their contributions to class discussions, written assignments, group presentations, andexam performances.

Student responsibilities:
Each student is expected to

  • attend all classes punctually -more than 2 absences may result in a lowered grade;
  • complete all assigned work - late work is penalized 10% for each session beyond the due date;
  • participate in class discussions;
  • confer with/inform the instructor of any needed accommodations;
  • be prepared for unannounced reading quizzes

Note the following:

  • the last date to drop this class is July 25;
  • any form of cheating or plagiarism will result in a grade of 0;a second offense will result in an F for the course;
  • electronic communication devices may not be turned on or used in class.

For any other questions and/or concerns, students should refer to the CSCC catalog and handbook:

Required Work and Grading:

Reading quizzes...... 25%
Critical essays (1)...... 25%
Presentation………...... 50%

Syllabus Changes:

Necessary changes to the course syllabus will be discussed in class and sent to the student by e-mail.

Disability Services:
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, students are encouraged to register with the Office of Disability Services and Wellness for possible assistance with accommodations. It is the student's responsibility to voluntarily and confidentially provide appropriate documentation regarding the nature and extent of a disability. Students requesting special accommodation are encouraged to contact the Office of Disability Services and Wellness (931-540-2857) at the beginning of the semester.

Schedule of Activities

I - The Ancient & Classical Worlds[Part 1 (July 9 – 10)]
Readings:

  • "Inthe Beginning," Hindu (33)
  • "The Great Hymn to Aten," Egyptian (40)
  • "EnumaElish," Babylonian (44)
  • "Genesis," Hebrew (61)
  • Gilgamesh, Sumerian (71-84)

The Ancient & Classical Worlds[Part 2 (July 11 – 12)]

Readings:

  • Sophocles, Oedipus Rex, Greek (500)
  • Euripides, The Medea, Greek (575)
  • Sappho, poems, Greek (494)
  • Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 4, Roman (720-742)
  • Augustine, Confessions, Roman (853-858)
  • Confucius, The Analects, Chinese (667)

II - The Middle Ages(July 16 -17)

Readings

  • Beowulf, Anglo-Saxon (906, lines 364-735 & 1103-1456)
  • Dante, The Inferno, Cantos 1 - 5, Italian(1259-1283)
  • Marie de France, "Chevrefoil," French (1197)
  • The Qur'an, Suras 1,4, 5, Arabic(1081-1085)
  • Wang Wei, poems, Chinese (979)
  • Li Bo, poems, Chinese (982)
  • Lady Muraski, The Tale of Genji, Japanese (1000-1010)
  • The Thousand and One Nights, Arabic (1099-1108)

III - The Renaissance(July 18 – 19)

Readings

  • Boccaccio, The Decameron, "Third Day,"Italian (1463-1467)
  • Louise Labe,poems, French (1493)
  • Shakespeare,poems, English (1496)
  • Shakespeare, drama, English (no reading assigned)
  • Moliere, Tartuffe, French (no reading assigned)

IV - The Enlightenmentand Romanticism

(17th, 18th, 19th Centuries) (July 23 – 24)

Readings

  • Voltaire, Candide, Chapters 1-7,French (1909-1922)
  • Basho, poems, Japanese (1890)
  • Goethe, Faust -"Faust's Study," German (2062, lines 1178 - 1785)
  • Blake, poems, English (2153)
  • Wordsworth, poems, English (2154)
  • Keats, poems, English (2159)
  • Baudelaire, poems, French (2194)

V - Modernism(20th Century)(July 25 – 26)

Readings

  • Eliot, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," English (2578)
  • Yeats, poems, Irish (no reading assigned)
  • Owen, poems, English (no reading assigned)
  • Kafka, "The Metamorphosis," German (2595)
  • Borges, "The Garden of Forking Paths," Spanish - Argentinian (2629)
  • Beckett, Endgame, French - Irish (2643)

PRESENTATIONS

Presentation on the Literature of the Classical World (July 30)

  • Jesse Alexander, Presentor
  • Brenda Chambers, Presentation Assistant

Presentation onMedieval Literature(July 31)

  • Emily Dault, Presentor
  • Adonis Dennis, Presentation Assistant

Presentation on Renaissance Literature(July 31)

  • Kelly LaRose, Presentor
  • Brandi Pack, Presentation Assistant

Presentation on Enlightenment andRomanticLiterature(August 1)

  • Hillary Runkles, Presentor
  • Tiffany Simbeck, Presentation Assistant

Presentation on Modern and 20th Century Literature(August 1)

  • Brenda Chambers, Presentor
  • Emily Dault, Presentation Assistant