Premodern Global Literature

5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 2BW or 4BW. Study of world literature, with emphasis on Western civilization as it grapples with its past and with other civilizations. Examination of works such as pre-Islamic poetry, Cervantes’ Don Quixote , Shakespeare’s King Lear , and Nezami’s Layla and Majnun . Consult Schedule of Classes for topics to be offered in specific term. P/NP or letter grading.