ENGL 2210 - Global Literature

1. Analyze literature from a variety of non-Western cultures, across national borders.
2. Use various writing techniques in their literary analysis.
3. Describe the technical elements of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama.
4. Incorporate resources when conducting research on literature.
5. Understand critical theories and approaches in literary studies, especially such approaches that critique colonialism, systemic racism, and globalization.
6. Understand that literature reflects the norms and values of specific cultures at specific times, thus it can be used as a lens through which to examine those norms and values.
7. Identify the values and beliefs expressed in literature outside the traditional canon, especially by Black, Indigenous, and people of color writers.
8. Appreciate the ways in which literature helps us celebrate differences and better understand ourselves, other people, and the world around us.

1. Exposure to a selection of global literature in various forms but not including literature from the United States or Britain.
2. Literary elements and devices as they are used in global literature.
3. Critical and/or affective writing in response to global literature.
4. Critical approaches to literature (may particularly include, but not be limited to, postcolonial theory, feminist critique, and other approaches relevant to understanding literature as a vehicle for illuminating and challenging systemic racism, oppression, and marginalization).
5. Main theme identification.
6. Recognizing the role of literature as a cultural, historical, political, and personal artifact.
7. Interpreting and evaluating literature and developing support for these interpretations and evaluations.