ENG 207 Non-Western World Lit: Asia
Surveys ancient and modern literature from India, China and Japan. Note: Need not be taken in sequence.
Prerequisite
Recommended: College-level reading and writing skills (
WR 121) are strongly recommended for success in this course.
Notes
Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course
General Education Requirements
AGS Humanities/Arts, AS Cultural Diversity, AS Liberal Arts Core 3, Cultural Literacy AAOT/AAS, AAS Human Relations, AAOT Arts & Letters, AS Literature & the Arts, AS Liberal Arts Core 2, AS Western Culture,
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Recognize how Asian literature helps in understanding the human condition. Understand and explain how various works of India, China, and Japan reflect the religious, philosophical, social, ethical, political , and aesthetic ideals of the region. Interpret the literature of Asian through critical reading. Gain understanding of literature through close reading works poetry, plays, stories, scriptural and philosophical texts, and essays. Examine elements of work plot, characterization, setting, symbolism, metaphor, voice, theme, poetic characteristics as they interpret each authors works while taking into account the cultural, historical and social context of the work. compare and contrast the literary elements and strategies among different writers, ages, and cultures. Evaluate the ideas, beliefs, values, and aesthetics of works and the eras as a whole. Demonstrate how literature enhances personnel awareness and creativity. Create original responses to the works through suggested writings and other projects poems, scenes, interviews, songs, videos, web pages, etc. Understand the spectrum of creative processes that authors utilize. Write and speak confidently about their own and others ideas. Discuss the aforementioned elements, ideas, evaluations, and interpretations in small groups and with the class as a whole.