Description
This subject focuses on the power of literature to grow empathy and to increase our understanding of different conceptions of human life. Students will explore key texts which, although created in specific cultural and geographical locations for a local audience, have transcended those boundaries. These texts are being read in the global village, in multiple languages, in times different from their authorship. The investigation of these texts will give students an opportunity to understand the value of learning the myriad ways with which the human experience is depicted in literature. Furthermore, analysing how literary features such as translation impact our understanding of the world described in these stories will enhance students’ capabilities as global citizens. The subject aims to develop a greater awareness of how studying world literature can create new, more responsible understandings of humanity.
Subject details
| Type | Undergraduate |
| Code | ENGL12-106 |
| EFTSL | 0.125 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Society & Design |
| Semesters offered |
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| Credit | 10 |
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Learning outcomes
1. Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the role of literature in conveying the diversity, depth and breadth of the human experience.
2. Display heightened analytic skills in critical inquiry of texts and knowledge systems and present that inquiry in a clear and cogent manner.
3. Understand the role of reading literature in developing arguments and conclusions for issues related to global citizenship and responsibility.
4. Appreciate and be able to comment meaningfully on the link between moral development and literary imagination.
Enrolment requirements
| Requisites: ? | Nil |
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| Restrictions: ? | Nil |
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