ENGH 202: Texts and Contexts

ENGH 202-008: Modern World Literature
(Spring 2013)

12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR

East Building 201

Section Information for Spring 2013

This general education course will introduce you to the rewards of reading literature in translation from around the world, a topic of increasing interest to English departments, especially here at George Mason. We shall focus mainly on stories and one short novel from outside North America and Western Europe, but there will also be some drama and film.

The course will mix lectures and discussion, and will emphasize approaches that will increase your appreciation and understanding and should encourage you to read more world literature after you graduate. Be prepared to cover the world, but remember that literature gives you unique perspectives, not broad generalizations about entire regions!

Our readings will range from East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East to Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe/Russia. You will become acquainted with major figures and Nobel Prize winners like Tolstoy, Mahfouz, Soyinka, Gordimer, Vargas Llosa, Ionesco, Premchand, Murakami, and Mernissi. Written work for the course includes two papers, some shorter exercises, and a final. You will also have the option of performing short scenes from our drama readings.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Studies literary texts within the framework of culture. Examines texts within such categories as history, gender, sexuality, religion, race, class, and nation. Notes: Builds on reading and writing skills taught in ENGH 101. Offered by English. May be repeated within the degree.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Literature
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: 3 credits of 100-level English.
Schedule Type: Lecture, Recitation
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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