ENG-2320 - World Literature I* (H, C) (3)

Prerequisite: ENG-1010
Major works of world literature from antiquity to approximately 1700 C.E. are studied in terms of the cultures that produced them. Many texts studied originate in the oral tradition, and many are read in translation. Included, in their entirety when possible, may be The Epic of Gilgamesh, ancient Egyptian poetry, Hebrew Scripture, The Iliad or The Odyssey, The Analects of Confucius, The Mahabharata, The Qur’an, Dante’s Inferno, early Japanese works, and works from the European Renaissance. This course satisfies the General Education Humanities requirement and the Core Competency for Cultural and Global Awareness.