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LiteratureIntermediateLIT 201

Survey of World Literature

From ancient epics to contemporary global fiction

5 modules
25 lessons
~18h
4 credit hours

Taught by Selin Literature AI

What you'll learn

Contextualize literary works within their historical and cultural moments
Trace the evolution of major literary forms and genres across centuries
Compare literary traditions across cultures and languages
Apply close-reading skills to diverse texts
Write a comparative literary analysis

Prerequisites

Course Curriculum

25 lessons total
Romantic Poetry: Blake, Keats, Shelley & Wordsworth
Ed Plus25m
The Victorian Novel: Dickens, Brontë & Hardy
Ed Plus25m
American Renaissance: Whitman, Dickinson & Melville
Ed Plus25m
Modernism: Joyce, Woolf, Eliot & Kafka
Ed Plus30m
Module 3 Quiz
Ed Plus10m
The Harlem Renaissance
Ed Plus25m
The Lost Generation: Hemingway & Fitzgerald
Ed Plus25m
Post-War American Fiction: Salinger, Ellison, O'Connor
Ed Plus25m
Toni Morrison & the African American Literary Tradition
Ed Plus30m
Module 4 Quiz
Ed Plus10m
Latin American Magic Realism: García Márquez & Borges
Ed Plus25m
African Literature: Achebe, Soyinka & Adichie
Ed Plus25m
South Asian Literature: Tagore, Rushdie & Lahiri
Ed Plus25m
Contemporary Global Fiction & the World Novel
Ed Plus25m
Module 5 Quiz
Ed Plus10m
Ed Plus

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Modules5
Lessons25
Estimated time~18h
Credit hours4