ENG 347 - Global Perspectives in Literature

• Represent in written and oral form, and through interdisciplinary approaches, a knowledge of the cultures and histories of the national and cultural groups in the non-Western literature discussed.
• Interpret and analyze literatures of the global south to show how diversity, inequality or privilege interact with social, economic, and political power.
• Identify major literary themes and concepts in selected culture such as the representations of individual and cultural identity, the concept of selfhood, gender relations, cultural difference/the clash of culture, revolution, colonialism, etc.
• Identify the processes that shape transnational relationships and global capital through interpretation and analysis of literary works.
• Write analytical papers on course reading applying interdisciplinary methods.