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Syllabus

Welcome to English 255!

In this course, you will examine the diversity and depth of the human experience through literature across a variety of cultures and traditions. ENG 255 introduces traditions and works of multiple genres within world literature, including both canonical authors and those who are lesser known to highlight the diverse voices available. This course develops skills in close reading, critical thinking, interpretation, and comparative analysis of literary texts from around the world in their historical, cultural, social, and/or literary contexts. This is a UCGS transfer course. (3 credits)

Assignments

The assignments associated with this course include the following: close readings, social annotations, discussions, quizzes, and other writing activities. You will approach literature written from diverse authors and genres from a variety of perspectives and will analyze these literary works within their historical, cultural, social, and/or literary contexts.

Textbook? OER

There is no textbook to purchase for this course; rather, this course uses open educational resources (OER). These are openly licensed materials that are free for us to use. This course uses a customized open textbook created with Pressbooks. You can access the entire course textbook here: World Literature. You will also find links to individual readings and videos in each Module Overview page in the course.

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