English 201

ENGL 201
Readings in World Literature (GE)

1. Catalog Entry

ENGL 201
Readings in World Literature (GE)

Credit hours (3)


Study of selected works in World literature with emphasis on the development of critical reading skills within a historical, cultural, and ideological national context.

2. Detailed Description of Course

Close reading and critical analysis of selected major works of World literature in translation; such works to be drawn from different literary periods—Classical Antiquity through the 21 st Century— and to represent a variety of literary genres.

3. Detailed Description of Conduct of Course

ENGL 201 uses a wide variety of instructional strategies which may include any number of the following: lecture; discussion; PowerPoint or web-enhanced instruction; collaborative group work; individual or group student reports; student PowerPoint or web-enhanced presentations; informal writing-to-learn activities including in-class focused writing, readers' logs, double-entry reading journals, or discussion questions; formal writing activities including essays, reviews, critical analyses, research reports with peer writing groups on drafts; individual or group conferences with the instructor on drafts; creative writing projects including short fiction, poetry, dramatic sketches.

4. Goals and Objectives of the Course

This course satisfies the University Core B, Global Perspectives requirement described as follows:

Goal 11: Radford University student will understand how social and cultural (for example, political, historical, economic, environmental, religious, or geographic) forces shape experiences in the global setting.

Radford University students will be able to:
    1) Identify how different perspectives shape human life around the world
    2) Recognize social and cultural forces that affect relationships between cultures in the world

In addition, English 201 has the following departmental goals:
    1) That students develop an understanding of literature as an art form;
    2) That students develop the ability to become skillful and thoughtful readers of literature;
    3) That students become knowledgeable about a representative sample of the major works of world literature;
    4) That students learn to apply their engagement with literary texts to an examination of their own lives and worlds

5. Assessment Measures

Either alone or in collaboration with others, students will demonstrate their understanding of the art of literature and their ability to interpret thoughtfully what they have read by participating in discussion and by formulating written analyses of the reading in their journals, in their papers and on examinations. Students will demonstrate in discussion and in their writing their mastery of the texts assigned for reading. Students will be expected to make personal connections to the literature and express those connections through discussion, writing, creative projects, class presentations or performances.

6. Other Course Information

None

Review and Approval

October 2009

June 20, 2015

March 01, 2021