World Literature Survey

Instructor: Dr. Lilly Berberyan

Student hours:

In-Person Hours: T/Th, 2:00-4:00PM Wed, 10AM-2PM

Virtual Hours: MW, 10AM-4PM, by appointment

Bookings Page for Appointments

Email: [email protected]

Class: TR, 11:00AM-12:15PM

Class Location: Kyser 313

Office Location: Kyser 316M

📜 General Information

ENGL 2070 focuses on literary works produced by authors from around the world. Along with acquainting students with some of the most important authors of world literature, we will consider the social, intellectual, and historical contexts that inform the texts of these authors. Employing these literary works as catalysts to class discussion, the course will allow students to practice critical reading, writing and thinking skills

Student Learning Outcomes

ENGL 2070 meets the University General Education Student Learning Outcome: Students will communicate an understanding of the diversity of human experience, including issues such as nationality, ethnicity, race, language, gender, sexuality, exceptionalities, religion, and culture.

Course Objectives

• Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the diversity of human experience, including issues such as nationality, ethnicity, race, language, gender, sexuality, exceptionalities, religion, and culture.
• Engage with social, literary, and historical contexts.
• Analyze literary material and show understanding of diversity through that literary analysis.
• Demonstrate understanding of the relationships between identities and writing.

Required Texts:

The following texts are available at the NSULA Bookstore.

• Beckett, Samuel. Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts. Perseus Books, 2011. ISBN: 9780802144423
• Hamid, Mohsin. The Last White Man. Riverhead Books, 2022. ISBN: 9780593538814
• Satrapi, Marjane. The Complete Persepolis. First ed. Pantheon, 2007. ISBN: 9780375714832
• Additional readings will be posted on Moodle as PDFs. Please print these out and bring them to class.