EN 1950 - International Literature

This course is an in depth study of primarily short stories, essays, and poems in translation, belonging to the 20th century. The students will examine through carefully selected texts the different ways each culture expresses parallel human concerns such as identity, loss, coming of age, death, exile, marriage etc. that unite us all. The approach is comparative and analytical, with each text, including works from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe, placed in its geographic, historic, and cultural context. Offered every other year, usually in the fall. (4 Credits)