COMPLIT 200

World Literatures 1: Life, Death, War, Peace, Love

Description

Myths, epics, bawdy tales, satires, songs and plays make up traditions of ancient, medieval and early modern cultures. Compares cultural stories worldwide, from early writing to the French Revolution. Includes Gilgamesh, Aztec myths, Roland, The Tale of Genji, Scandinavian tales, Shakespeare's Tempest, Blake's poetry. Introduces skills for reading narratives by genre, theme and poetics. Texts are in English, with attention to texts' original languages.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline. 
 
Digital Course Outlines for 2025 will be refreshed around November/December.

Availability 2025

Not offered in 2025; planned for 2026

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Reading/Texts

• Norton Anthology of World Literature. Ed. Martin Puchner et al. Shorter 3rd ed. NY: WW Norton, 2012. Volume One.
• Additional course readings - poetry, prose narrative, drama from different cultures, ancient, medieval and early modern - and some secondary material posted to the CANVAS course website.
   

Points

COMPLIT 200: 15 points

Prerequisites

60 points passed