COLLEGE (AS) {COLL}
SM 220. Literatures of the World. (M) Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Staff from the various Language and Literature departments. Literatures of the World is an "umbrella course" covering
a family of related courses numbered COLL 221 to
229 each dealing with a particular non-English literature
in its original language. These courses, several
of which are taught each semester, encourage the
understanding of literature within the social contexts
in which it was created and examine the works' continuing
significance in the modern literary arena. They also
introduce students to works of creativity and cultivate
their powers of textual perception by providing them
with tools for literary analysis, interpretation
and criticism. Although the content of the various
courses is drawn from specific literary traditions,
the emphasis in each course is on developing and
strengthening students' general capacity for understanding
meaning. The interpretive strategies for literary
analysis that the students acquire are universal
and applicable to any modern literary tradition.
A crucial component of any of these classes is writing
analytical essays, thereby training the students
to formulate their thoughts in a coherent, well-articulated
manner.
The current roster includes courses from the following departments: Germanic
Languages & Literatures (German); Near Eastern
Languages & Literatures (Arabic, Hebrew); Romance
Languages (French, Spanish); Slavic Languages (Russian);
and, South Asia Studies (Hindi) |
