ENG 251 World Literature I: From Oral Traditions To 1700

3 credit hours

This course explores the mythologies and oral traditions of various world cultures including Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas; and the development of those traditions into written literatures in the centuries leading up to 1700. A major emphasis of the course is on the transformation to written literature and the development of literary traditions. This class will include a balance of European texts and non-European texts.

Prerequisite:

ENG 113 Introduction To Literature

Course is Offered: WI Every Odd Year