Department: English
Discipline: Literature
Subject Code: ENGL
Course #: 205
Course Title: World Literature I
HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FORM 335
Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years per AP 765 to include, at
a minimum, the following elements. [§335.2]
1.
Digital Description:
Credit hours:
Lecture hours:
Lab hours:
3.0
3.0
0.0
BL: [ ]⅓ [ ]½ [ ]⅔ [ ] Other (Indicate fraction or percent)
2.
3.
Catalog Description:
Representative works from antiquity to the end of the European Renaissance.
(Core A)
Minimum Grade Required
Prerequisites:
Corequisites:
Other: Eligibility for enrollment in ENGL 101 and completion of any
reading courses required by the College Testing and Placement Program.
4.
Learning Outcomes
[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential
knowledge and skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
 Convey an understanding of great literature in general by articulating the interplay of its characters, style, structure, tone and themes
 Demonstrate a working knowledge of representative great works from antiquity to the Renaissance
 Convey a sense of the relevant history and culture that influenced the works
studied
 Recognize the influence of those cultures on modern culture
 Apply knowledge, reading skills, and values learned from the course in reading similar works
 Use the library and other information sources to research relevant literary criticism, history, and culture
5. Planned Sequence of Instruction
[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]
Choice of readings is up to the instructor. The following is a sample outline:
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Department: English
Discipline: Literature
Subject Code: ENGL
Course #: 205
Course Title: World Literature I
6.
WEEK
1
Epic of Gilgamesh
Genesis (selections)
WEEK
2
The Ramayana of Valmiki
The Iliad (books 1, 16-24)
WEEK
3
The Odyssey
The Bhagavad-gita
WEEK
4
Chuang Chou, Chauang Tzu
Aristotle, The Poetics
WEEK
5
Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Sophocles, Antigone
WEEK
6
Catullus, Sappho
Kalidisa, Sakuntala
WEEK
7
Chinese poems of Wang Wei, Han-Shan,
Li Po, Tu Fu, Ch’ingshao
WEEK
8
Japanese Literature: The Man’yoshu, The Kokinshu
Murasaki, The Tale of Genji (selections)
WEEK
9
Nobumitsu, Dojoji
Marie de France, Lanval
WEEK
10 Gawain and the Green Knight
Dante, The Inferno (Cantos 1, 5, 6, 13, 15, 21, 32-34)
WEEK
11 Rumi, all selections
Sa’di, The Golestan
WEEK
12 Ferdowsi, The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam
Petrarch, Sonnets; Montaigne, “On Cannibals,” and “Of the
Inconsistency of Our Actions”
WEEK
13 Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel (selections)
Lope de Vega, Fuente Ovejuna
WEEK
14 Cervantes, Don Quixote (selections)
Florentine Codex; Cantares Mexiacanos
WEEK
15 The Popol Vuh
The Epic of Son-Jara
Assessment of Student Learning
[Methods of assessment should be appropriate for Learning Outcomes listed
above.]
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Department: English
Discipline: Literature
Subject Code: ENGL
Course #: 205
Course Title: World Literature I
Assessment of student learning outcomes for the course, as required by AP 765, is
part of regular curriculum maintenance and/or improvement. The specific plan
has been determined by the pertinent faculty involved and is maintained in the
College’s assessment management system.
Student learning-outcome-oriented assignments will be evaluated for quality
by a group of English instructors.
7.
List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning
Materials (code each item based on instructional use): C-Lecture/Laboratory,
A-Lecture, B-Laboratory, LC-Lecture/Clinical, CLN-Clinical, I-Online,
BL-Blended, D-Independent Study, P-Private Lessons, E-Internship,
F-Cooperative Work-Study, FE-Field Experience. [These resources must be easily
accessible to students.]
Full-Time Textbooks
Lawall, Sarah. Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Latest Edition.
Expanded edition (Vols. A. B. C). New York: Norton.
Adjunct Textbooks
Lawall, Sarah. Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Latest Edition.
Expanded edition (Vols. A. B. C). New York: Norton
8.
Prepared by Faculty Member: Raymond Sherer
Date: 8/26/11
9.
Approved by Department Chairperson: Valerie Gray
Date: 8/26/11
10.
Approved by Academic Division Dean: Thaddeus Sampson
Date: 8/26/11
This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335,
subchapters A / B.
This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the
policies, standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is
consistent with the college mission.
If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar
courses generally accepted for transfer to accredited four-year colleges and
universities.
11.
Associate Dean, Curriculum & Assessment: Erika Steenland (Interim)
Date: 9/15/11
12.
Provost & VP, Academic Affairs: Ronald R. Young
Date: 9/15/11
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Department: English
Discipline: Literature
Subject Code: ENGL
Course #: 205
Course Title: World Literature I
13.
Original Date of course approval by the college: 196710
14.
Date(s) of subsequent reviews [Indicate change: Learning Outcomes; textbook(s)]:
Planned Sequence Updated: November 2002
Textbooks updated: April 2003
Reviewed 12/2003. Revisions made: Learning Activities, Texts. sm
Project Review: 12/2004: Revisions: Learning Outcomes
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Revisions: Reviewed March 2006
Revisions made: Learning Outcomes – sm
Revisions: Made to Learning Outcomes/Applied Diversity Core October 4, 2007 cmk
Project Review: Revision to Student Assessment August 2011 ck
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