Syllabus2309 009
English 2309 section 009
WORLD LITERATURE
Spring 2015
Instructor: Dr. Ana Savic
Office Hours: TTh 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Office: CARH 619
Email: asavic@uta.edu
Class – section 009: TTh 12:30-1:50 p.m.; location ARCH 401.
Course Description and Objectives
In ENGL 2309 – World Literature, we will read a variety of world literature masterpieces that raise significant aesthetic, cultural, and social issues. We will focus on developing your ability to engage intellectually with texts and ideas and to articulate your thoughts clearly and effectively both orally and in writing. You will be asked to look beyond surface-level meanings and consider how literary texts reflect the author’s ideology or the social and political concerns of the time through their themes and stylistic devices. Our overall goal in this class is to help you discover complex aspects of literary art and sharpen your ability of perceptive and informed reading.
This course satisfies the University of Texas at Arlington core curriculum requirements in Language, Philosophy, and Culture. The required objectives of these courses are the development of students’ critical thinking, communication skills, personal responsibility, and social responsibility. Many elements of this course foster development of these objectives, which are explicitly addressed in the “Signature Assignment” (see below). The Departmental general guidelines for sophomore literature can be found by typing “sophomore literature” in the “Search UT Arlington” box on the University website: http://www.uta.edu/uta.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the students should be able to:
1. Articulate an understanding of several major pieces of world literature.
2. Define major features of selected literary periods and genres.
3. Define and use vocabulary appropriate to literary study.
4. Demonstrate an ability to discuss literature using textual evidence to support assertions.
5. Demonstrate a deepened understanding
WORLD LITERATURE
Spring 2015
Instructor: Dr. Ana Savic
Office Hours: TTh 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Office: CARH 619
Email: asavic@uta.edu
Class – section 009: TTh 12:30-1:50 p.m.; location ARCH 401.
Course Description and Objectives
In ENGL 2309 – World Literature, we will read a variety of world literature masterpieces that raise significant aesthetic, cultural, and social issues. We will focus on developing your ability to engage intellectually with texts and ideas and to articulate your thoughts clearly and effectively both orally and in writing. You will be asked to look beyond surface-level meanings and consider how literary texts reflect the author’s ideology or the social and political concerns of the time through their themes and stylistic devices. Our overall goal in this class is to help you discover complex aspects of literary art and sharpen your ability of perceptive and informed reading.
This course satisfies the University of Texas at Arlington core curriculum requirements in Language, Philosophy, and Culture. The required objectives of these courses are the development of students’ critical thinking, communication skills, personal responsibility, and social responsibility. Many elements of this course foster development of these objectives, which are explicitly addressed in the “Signature Assignment” (see below). The Departmental general guidelines for sophomore literature can be found by typing “sophomore literature” in the “Search UT Arlington” box on the University website: http://www.uta.edu/uta.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the students should be able to:
1. Articulate an understanding of several major pieces of world literature.
2. Define major features of selected literary periods and genres.
3. Define and use vocabulary appropriate to literary study.
4. Demonstrate an ability to discuss literature using textual evidence to support assertions.
5. Demonstrate a deepened understanding