The course will introduce the student to literature in English from around the world. Works of fiction from Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America will be explored. The chosen texts will give the student a wider cultural horizon and a better understanding of “other” cultures and literatures and thus foster a basis for intercultural dialogue.
 

The course is a survey of American Literature from 1620 to the present. The course starts with readings from Native American Literature. Emphasis will be on the major American writers, the canon. In addition a novel is studied along with samples of the writings of the major writers..