CMLIT 211
Civilization: World Literature 1
Comparative Arts and Letters
College of Humanities
Course Description
Major world civilizations, with an emphasis on comparative study of Asian and other non-Western traditions with Western traditions, from antiquity to 1500 AD, emphasizing socioeconomic, political, intellectual, and aesthetic developments, with primary focus on literary texts.
When Taught
Fall
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Title
Global Thinking Skills
Learning Outcome
<p>Students should be able to examine the issues underlying the question of what literature is and how relevant literary production is to both contemporary life and the study of civilizations, both ancient and modern.</p>
Title
Historical Knowledge
Learning Outcome
<p>Students will demonstrate a general, sound understanding of the intellectual and literary history of premodern cultures, both "western" and Asian, studied in class.</p>
<p>Students will also gain the ability to accurately and intelligently relate individual literary works to the greater historical and philosophical contexts from which those works arose.</p>
Title
Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Learning Outcome
<p>Students should have the background skills to demonstrate a sound, general understanding of the intellectual and literary history of the Western and Asian cultures studied in class, and they will also be able to articulate the relationship between Western and Asian cultures, and how each influences and conceives of the other.</p>
