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COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Prefix and Number
ENGL 2332 Section:
Semester:
Course Title
World Literature II
Instructor:
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ACGM Description:
ENGL 2332
A survey of world literature from the ancient world through the sixteenth century. Students will
study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural
contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors and traditions.
Catalog Description:
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours 0 Semester Credit Hours: 3
Pre-Requisite: ENGL 1301 (Composition I)
Introduction and Purpose:
This course is a survey of masterpieces of world literature from the neo-classical period to the
present; study of various critical approaches to literature; foreign literature read in translation;
themes and oral reports. Students should gain experience in the analysis of literature. World
Literature II will satisfy degree requirements for Hill College and for transfer to senior institutions.
This course is recommended for social science and education majors
Instructional Materials:
Textbook: Mack, Maynard. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Fifth Continental
Edition. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1987.
What I found: Puchner, Martin, et.al., The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Shorter Third
Edition. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2013 (Is it both Vols 1 & 2, or only
Vol 2 (1650 to Present) for this class?)
Supplies:
Paper, pens, pencils, Scantron answer sheets as required, examination blue books,
collegiate dictionary, thesaurus
Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
1. Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events,
and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or
regions.
2. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social,
political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression
during different historical periods or in different regions.
4. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and
humanities.
5. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically
correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
Description of Institutional Core Objectives (ICO’s)
Given the rapid evolution of necessary knowledge and skills and the need to take into account
global, national, state, and local cultures, the core curriculum must ensure that students will
develop the essential knowledge and skills they need to be successful in college, in a career, in
their communities, and in life. Therefore, with the assistance of the Undergraduate Education
Advisory Committee, the Coordinating Board approved a 42-semester credit hour core
curriculum for all undergraduate students in Texas, including a statement of purpose, six core
objectives, and common component areas.
Statement of Purpose
Through the Texas Core Curriculum, students will gain a foundation of knowledge of human
cultures and the physical and natural world, develop principles of personal and social
responsibility for living in a diverse world, and advance intellectual and practical skills that are
essential for all learning. Hill College faculty periodically evaluates the objectives included in the
Foundational Component Area of Language, Philosophy, and Culture.
Core Objective
College SLO
Critical
Thinking Skills
CT1: Generate and
communicate ideas by
combining, changing or
reapplying existing
information
CS1: Develop, interpret,
and express ideas through
written communication
Communication
Skills
Use Any
Course
SLO
1-4, 8-9
General Learning Activities
Assessment
Pre-writing, brainstorming,
outlining, class and group
discussion
1-4, 8-9
Pre-writing, brainstorming,
outlining, writing multiple
drafts to conclude with a final
draft
Embedded
assessment
analysis, written
essays and
research papers
Embedded
assessment
analysis, written
essays and
research papers
Communication
Skills
Use Any
CS2: Develop, interpret,
and express ideas through
oral communication
1-3, 7-8
Pre-writing, brainstorming,
outlining to conclude with an
oral and visual presentation
Communication
Skills
Use Any
CS3: Develop, interpret,
and express ideas through
visual communication
3, 7-9
Pre-writing, brainstorming,
outlining to conclude with a
visual presentation
Social
Responsibility
Use Any
SR1: Demonstrate
intercultural competence
4, 5, 6
Class discussion, student
presentations
Social
Responsibility
Use Any
Social
Responsibility
Use Any
SR2: Identify civic
responsibility
1-2, 7, 8
SR3: Engage in regional,
national and global
communities
3, 7
Personal
Responsibility
PR1: Evaluate choices and
actions and relate
consequences to decisionmaking
1-9
Class discussion, student
presentations, community
volunteer hours
Use research and blog with
students from various
countries with varying cultural
belief systems
Class discussion, writing from
a different point of view,
creating a cause/effect analysis
Embedded
assessment
analysis, student
presentations
Embedded
assessment
analysis, power
point presentation
Students'
contribution to
discussion and
listening to other
students
Class discussion
of importance of
volunteering
Embedded
assessment
analysis and
research paper
Embedded
assessment
analysis, cause
and effect essay
The students' success in completing these objectives will be measured using a set of
examinations and assignments described, in detail under the section of this syllabus headed
“Methods of Evaluation.”
An Annual Assessment Plan will be implemented each year to review course.
Methods of Instruction:
This course will be taught face-to-face and by various distance learning delivery methods.
Audio-visual materials and computer-based technology will be used when appropriate.
Students will be shown how to use a calculator where appropriate.
Methods of Evaluation:
The students' success in completing the core objectives within the Foundational Component
Area of Language, Philosophy, and Culture will be measured using rubric, exam, or embedded
assessment activity.
Grades in this course will be based on the following evaluative criteria:
1. Tests
Tests must be given for each major period studied.
At least 4 major tests must be given during the semester.
2. Analytical papers based on specific literary works and/or oral presentations.
At least two major papers and/or oral presentations should be assigned during the course
of the semester.
3. Quizzes/short in-class written responses
The number of quizzes/written responses should be left to the instructor’s discretion.
***Elements 1-3 will be weighted at 75% of the overall grade, but can be distributed at the
instructor’s discretion.
4. Comprehensive final examination
***The final exam will be weighted at 25% of the overall grade.
Letter grades for the course will be based on the following percentages:
90-100% A
80-89%
B
70-79%
C
60-69%
D
Below 60% F
Course Outline:
Class policies:
Regular attendance at all class meetings is expected. Disruptions in class will not be tolerated.
Topic Outline: I put this together from the table of contents. I believe it is from both Volume 1 &
2
I.
MEDITERRANEAN AND NEAR EASTERN LITERATURE
THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH (ca. 1900–250 B.C.E.)
THE HEBREW BIBLE (ca. 1000–300 B.C.E.)
HOMER (8th century B.C.E.)
SAPPHO (born ca. 630 B.C.E.)
ANCIENT ATHENIAN DRAMA
SOPHOCLES (ca. 496–406 B.C.E.)
EURIPIDES (ca. 480–406 B.C.E.)
CATULLUS (ca. 84–ca. 54 B.C.E.)
VIRGIL (70–19 B.C.E.)
OVID (43 B.C.E.–17 C.E.)
II.
ANCIENT INDIA
THE RAMAYANA OF VALMIKI (ca. 550 B.C.E.)
THE BHAGAVAD-GITA (4th century B.C.E.–4th century C.E.)
III. EARLY CHINESE LITERATURE AND THOUGHT
THE CLASSIC OF POETRY (ca. 1000–600 B.C.E.)
CONFUCIUS (551–479 B.C.E.)
DAODEJING/LAOZI (6th–3rd centuries)
ZHUANGZI (4th–2nd centuries B.C.E)
IV. CIRCLING THE MEDITERRANEAN: EUROPE AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD
THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE (ca. 1st century C.E.)
AUGUSTINE (354–430)
THE QUR’AN (610–632)
BEOWULF (9th century)
ABOLQASEM FERDOWSI (940–1020)
SONG OF ROLAND (11th century)
MARIE DE FRANCE (1150?–1200?)
DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265–1321)
THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS (14th century)
GEOFFREY CHAUCER (1340?–1400)
V. INDIA’S CLASSICAL AGE
BHARTRHARI (5th century)
THREE WOMEN POETS (5th–8th centuries?)
DHARMAK
RTI (early-7th century)
BHAVABHUTI (8th century)
YOGESVARA (9th century)
MURARI (mid-9th century)
RAJASEKHARA (late 9th–early 10th century)
SOMADEVA (11th century)
VI. MEDIEVAL CHINESE LITERATURE
TAO QIAN (365–427)
TANG POETRY
WANG WEI (ca. 699–761)
DU FU (712–770)
YUAN ZHEN (779–831)
VII. JAPAN’S CLASSICAL AGE
THE MAN’YOSHU (COLLECTION OF MYRIAD LEAVES) (ca. 759)
THE KOKINSHU (ca. 905)
MURASAKI SHIKIBU (ca. 978–ca. 1014)
ZEAMI MOTOKIYO (ca. 1363–ca. 1443)
VIII. ENCOUNTERS WITH ISLAM
SUNJATA: A WEST AFRICAN EPIC OF THE MANDE PEOPLES (late 13th–early 14th
century)
EVLIYA Ç ELEBI (1611–ca. 1683)
INDIAN POETRY AFTER ISLAM
KABIR (ca. 1398–1448)
MIRABAI (16th century)
TUKARAM (1608–1649)
IX. EUROPE AND THE NEW WORLD
FRANCIS PETRARCH (1304–1347)
NICCOL Ò MACHIAVELLI (1469–1527)
MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE (1492–1549)
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE (1533–1592)
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES (1547–1616)
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564–1616)
THE ENCOUNTER OF EUROPE AND THE NEW WORLD
I.
THE ENLIGHTENMENT IN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS Start of Volume 2
MOLIÈRE (JEAN-BAPTISTE POQUELIN) (1622–1673)
SOR JUANA INÉS DE LA CRUZ (1648–1695)
ALEXANDER POPE (1688–1744)
VOLTAIRE (FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET) (1694–1778)
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759–1797)
II.
EARLY MODERN CHINESE VERNACULAR LITERATURE
WU CHENG’EN (ca. 1506–1582)
CAO XUEQIN (ca. 1715–1763)
III. EARLY MODERN JAPANESE POPULAR LITERATURE
THE WORLD OF HAIKU
KITAMURA KIGIN
MATSUO BASHO
MORIKAWA KYORIKU
YOSA BUSON
CHIKAMATSU MONZAEMON (1653-1725)
IV. AN AGE OF REVOLUTIONS IN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712–1778)
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (1749–1832)
FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1818?–1895)
LYRIC POETRY IN THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757–1827)
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770–1850)
ANNA BUNINA (1774–1829)
ANDRÉS BELLO (1781–1865)
JOHN KEATS (1795–1821)
HEINRICH HEINE (1797–1856)
GHALIB (1797-1869)
GIACOMO LEOPARDI (1798–1837)
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806–1861)
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON (1809–1892)
WALT WHITMAN (1819–1892)
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE (1821–1867)
EMILY DICKINSON (1830–1886)
PAUL VERLAINE (1844–1896)
JOSÉ MARTÍ (1853–1895)
ARTHUR RIMBAUD (1854–1891)
RUBÉ N DARÍO (1867–1916)
V. REALISM ACROSS THE GLOBE
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY (1821–1881)
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT (1821–1880)
LEO TOLSTOY (1828–1910)
HENRICK IBSEN (1828–1906)
JOAQUIM MARIA MACHADO DE ASSIS (1839–1908)
ANTON CHEKHOV (1860–1904)
RABINDRANATH TAGORE (1861–1941)
HIGUCHI ICHIYO (1872–1896)
ORATURE
VI. MODERNITY AND MODERNISM, 1900–1945
JOSEPH CONRAD (1857–1924)
THOMAS MANN (1875–1955)
MARCEL PROUST (1871–1922)
JAMES JOYCE (1882–1941)
FRANZ KAFKA (1883–1924)
LU XUN (1881–1936)
LUIGI PIRANDELLO (1867–1936)
AKUTAGAWA RYUNOSUKE (1892–1927)
PREMCHAND (DHANPAT RAISRIVASTAVA) (1880–1936)
VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882–1941)
JORGE LUIS BORGES (1899–1989)
ZHANG AILING (1920–1995)
MODERN POETRY
CONSTANTINE CAVAFY (1863–1933)
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS (1865–1939)
RAINER MARIA RILKE (1875–1926)
T. S. ELIOT (1888–1965)
ANNA AKHMATOVA (1889–1966)
FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA (1898–1936)
PABLO NERUDA (1904–1973)
OCTAVIO PAZ (1914–1998)
VII. POSTWAR AND POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE, 1945–1968
LÉOPOLD SÉDAR SENGHOR (1906–2001)
TADEUSZ BOROWSKI (1922–1951)
PAUL CELAN (1920–1970)
DORIS LESSING (b. 1919)
SAADAT HASAN MANTO (1911–1955)
JAMES BALDWIN (1924–1987)
ALBERT CAMUS (1913–1960)
SAMUEL BECKETT (1906–1989)
CLARICE LISPECTOR (1920–1977)
CHINUA ACHEBE (b. 1930)
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN (1918–2008)
NAGUIB MAHFOUZ (1911–2006)
MAHMOUD DARWISH (1941–2008)
VIII. CONTEMPORARY WORLD LITERATURE
YEHUDA AMICHAI (1924–2000)
DEREK WALCOTT (b. 1930)
SEAMUS HEANEY (b. 1939)
GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ (1927–2012)
V. S. NAIPAUL (b. 1932)
LESLIE MARMON SILKO (b. 1948)
NGUGI WA THIONG’O (b. 1938)
BESSIE HEAD (1937–1986)
SALMAN RUSHDIE (b. 1947)
JAMAICA KINCAID (b. 1949)
HANAN AL-SHAYKH (b. 1945)
ISABEL ALLENDE (b. 1942)
CHU TIEN-HSIN (b. 1958)
J. M. COETZEE (b. 1940)
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