TOUCHSTONES OF WORLD LITERATURE in Spring 2024 (CL2033)

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Using Asia as a geographic rather than a linguistic or cultural marker, this course provides a survey of landmark literary texts drawn from some four millennia of creative activity on the continent, beginning with the earliest surbviving literary epic from Mesopotamia and including classics from ancient India, Arabia, Persia, Japan, and China, to the Ottoman Empire.

Course Master: 
TOUCHSTONES OF WORLD LITERATURE (CL2033)
Term: 
Spring 2024
Discipline: 
CL (Comparative Literature)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
CCI
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Monday, May 6, 2024 - 12:30
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to explain the term “world literature” and a background of how it has been used
  2. Students will be able to describe the various ways in which ancient texts may endure beyond their native language and culture, e.g. through translations, their influence on subsequent authors, and geopolitical history
  3. Students will be able to analyse the content and form of these works, whether through close reading or by comparing more than a single title
  4. Students will be able to read texts in context, identifying the use of aesthetic, cultural or philosophical traditions native to the societies in which these texts were produced
  5. Local and Global Perspectives: Students will enhance their intercultural understanding of languages, cultures, and histories of local societies and the global issues to which these relate (CCI LO1)
  6. Aesthetic Inquiry and Creative Expression: Students will engage with artistic or creative objects (e.g., visual art, theatrical works, film) in different media and from a range of cultural traditions (CCI LO2)

Syllabus

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Book List

TitleAuthorPublisherISBN Number
Epic of Gilgamesh
Translated by Andrew George
Penguin
9780140449198
Monkey King: Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
Penguin
9780141393445
Jatakas: Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta
Sarah Shaw (translator)
Indian Penguin Classics - Not Available at AUP Bookstore
9780144001477
Aladdin
Translated Yasmine Seale
Norton
9781324091110
In the Same Light: 200 Tang Poems for Our Century
Wong May
Carcanet
9781800172128

Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, January 15, 2024
End Date: 
Friday, May 10, 2024
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
12:10
13:30
G-L21
Thursday
12:10
13:30
G-L21