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Survey of World Literature II,
ENGL 209 (Departmental Syllabus)
Course purpose and objectives: Survey of World
Literature II is designed to familiarize students with great works of world
literature (exclusive of American literature, with
the exception of the Writer-in-Residence, or equivalent time period in
Eastern literature) representing the Neoclassical, Romantic,
Realistic, and Modernist periods. Students will be exposed to diverse
literary traditions through discussion and through critical thinking and
writing about significant literary works. In addition to tests and
quizzes, students will be required to write and revise at least two formal,
critical essays or equivalent writing (1,000-word computer drafted
minimum); however, instructors are encouraged to assign significant amounts
of writing beyond the required minimum in order to facilitate students'
continued acquisition of critical thinking, reading, and writing skills.
Essential skills and/or outcomes
to be acquired through the course include:
1)
an ability to render close textual analysis;
2)
an ability to synthesize information from multiple texts;
3)
an ability to render clear, cogent ideas;
4)
an ability to structure well-developed essays, with thesis, textual support
and analysis;
5)
an ability to correctly employ standard written English usage;
6)
an understanding of and respect for ethnic/cultural diversity;
7)
an aesthetic and critical judgment of literature;
8)
a concept of chronology associated with literary periods;
9) an understanding of the
inter-relationship of the arts, history, and philosophy through the study
of literature.
Required text and materials: A Writer's Reference, Diana Hacker, St
Martins Press; The
Norton Anthology: World Masterpieces, Expanded Edition, Vol. II (or
department approved text). Paperback supplements are encouraged where
appropriate.
The University Writing Center:
To receive individual instruction and feedback on writing in progress,
students should be encouraged to visit The Academic Support Center in
Knutti 114. Visits are by appointment (via the online schedule found
at www.shepherd.edu/ascweb)
or through ShepOwl at http://www.shepherd.edu/scwcweb/tutorform.htm.
Appalachian Heritage
Writer-in-Residence Project: Instructors are encouraged
to utilize works by the Writer-in-Residence in their course and incorporate
at least one of the residency events each fall into their curriculum, as
this program presents an extraordinary opportunity for General Studies
students at Shepherd to come in contact with a regional writer of
note. For information and lesson plans, see residency webpage at http://www.shepherd.edu/ahwirweb/.
Course content: While
instructors will supplement the list below with representative writers and
works, the following will serve as a core of study. When possible, complete
works will be used rather than fragments. Supplemental works will include
as many non-western selections and works by women as possible.
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Western Literature Menu: Choose at least two
from each group
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Non-Western Literature: Choose a total of six
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I. Neoclassicism:
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Moliere
Swift or Pope
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Voltaire or Johnson
Austen
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Ch'En-En, Shang- Jen,
Xueqin or other
Celebi or other
Saikaku, Basho,
Akinari or other
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II. Romanticism:
Goethe
a Continental Romantic
a British Romantic
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Ghalib or other
Uo or other
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III. Realism:
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Flaubert
Eliot
Dostoevsky
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Tolstoy
Ibsen or Chekhov
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Tagore or other
Jun'ichiro or other
Mahfouz or other
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IV. Modernism and Post-Modernism:
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Baudelaire or other
French Symbolist
Modernist Poet
Woolf or Joyce
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Camus, Sartre, or Kafka
Atwood, Lessing, or
Gordimer
Garcia-Marquez, Fuentes, Allende or Walcott
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Inuit Songs or Zuni Ritual Poetry
Al-Hakim
Senghor or other
Amichai or other
Devi or other
Achebe
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Revision
Approved 04-02-08
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