LIT 2120 - World Literature II (Renaissance to the Present)

Communications Department

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Summer 2025 (650)

Requisites

Prerequisite ENC 1101 with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite ENC 1101H with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite IDS 1101H with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite IDS 1111H with a minimum grade of C

Course Description

This is a course designed to study the major poetry, fiction, drama, and essays world literature from the Renaissance to the present. Emphasis is on the intellectual, philosophical, and cultural issues in literature that unite humankind despite differences in time, place, and language. This course also emphasizes research and composition of the research paper and the essay of literary interpretation. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. World Literature I is not a prerequisite for this course. (Note: Credit is only given for LIT 2120 or LIT 2120H or IDS 1102H. Study Abroad opportunities may apply to this course https://blog.spcollege.edu/international/study-abroad/).

Course Topics

Topic 1
  Study Abroad-China
Topic 2
  Study Abroad - New Zealand
Topic 3
  Study Abroad- Japan
Topic 4
  Study Abroad- Panama
Topic 5
  Study Abroad- Ireland
Topic 6
 

Study Abroad- Morocco

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will recognize and analyze selected examples of the major literary forms of world literature from the Renaissance to the present by:
    1. identifying and distinguishing the major poetic forms and conventions.
    2. identifying and distinguishing the major prose forms and conventions.
  2. The student will comprehend and evaluate the chief contributions of the major writers of world literature from the Renaissance to the present by:
    1. explaining and analyzing the principal works of major world literature writers.
    2. explaining the principal ideas of the major world writers, especially as they reveal the intellectual, philosophical, and cultural universals in literature.
    3. explaining the principal literary innovations of world literature.
    4. comparing and contrasting major world writers, their works, and their ideas from the Renaissance to the present, especially as they reveal the philosophical, intellectual, and cultural universals in literature.
    5. explaining the influence of previous writers upon world writers from the Renaissance to the present, and of the writers from the Renaissance to the present on each other and on later writers, especially as they reveal the philosophical, intellectual, and cultural universals that unite humankind despite differences in time, place and language.
  3. The student will evaluate and synthesize insights into the philosophical, intellectual, and cultural universals in world literature from the Renaissance to the present, insights based on ideas and information from reading, class discussions, independent study, and/or research by:
    1. drawing logical inferences from study and discussion of the philosophical, intellectual, and cultural universals.
    2. explaining these inferences and supporting them with evidence from world literature and/or from secondary sources in an oral report and/or an interpretive essay.
  4. The student will use research methods effectively by:
    1. locating sources through electronic search of library databases or the Internet.
    2. locating sources, either print or electronic, through other types of references, such as periodical and subject indexes, and general reference aids.
  5. The student will use literary sources appropriately in order to write a research paper and essays of literary interpretation by:
    1. taking notes from specified sources to include:
      1. identifying and paginating the notes correctly.
      2. using ellipses and brackets as needed.
      3. summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting, and combining these types of notes effectively.
    2. composing papers which integrate the student's own words and ideas with those of primary and/or secondary sources.
    3. employing parenthetical references throughout the paper to credit information from a primary source.
    4. applying parenthetical references correctly to credit information from secondary sources.
    5. preparing a works cited or references list of the sources used in the research paper.
    6. applying correct forms for parenthetical references, footnotes/endnotes and for works cited or reference entries, according to the required form.
  6. The student will retrieve information from electronic sources by:
    1. selecting the most appropriate investigative methods.
    2. constructing and refining search strategies.
    3. extracting, recording, and managing the information and its sources.
  7. The student will evaluate sources including electronic sources by:
    1. summarizing the main idea extracted from the information.
    2. articulating and applying basic criteria for evaluating both the information and its sources.
    3. synthesizing main ideas to construct new concepts.
    4. comparing new knowledge with prior knowledge to determine the value added, contradictions, or other unique characteristics of the information.
    5. validating understanding and interpretation of the information through discourse with other individuals, subject-area experts, and/or practitioners.
    6. determining whether the initial query should be revised.

Criteria Performance Standard

For successful completion of the course the student will demonstrate mastery of the above stated objectives by answering correctly at least 70 % or its equivalent of the objective questions (such as multiple-choice, identification, definition, recognition of quotations, short answer) and/or the essay questions (short essays of one paragraph and/or longer multi-paragraph essays) on teacher-made tests on major writers of world literature from the Ancients through the Renaissance, their works, their ideas, and their contributions. The student will construct and effectively present an oral report, a research paper, and an essay of literary interpretation, based on independent study and research, and exhibiting the characteristics of at least Level 3 in the SPC Rubric for Speaking or Level 3 in the Analytical Rubric for Writing, respectively. The writing may be on essay tests, reports, interpretive essays, research papers, personal essays, or other forms of writing. The writing will meet the criteria of at least Level 3 in the SPC Analytical Rubric for Writing.

History of Changes

DBT 11/15/84 Effective Session 19842 Reviewed C&I 9/25/90 DBT 10/16/90 Effective Session 19911 3 YR C&I Review 8/94. DBT 1/24/96 Effective Session 19961 C&I 2/13/96; DBT 3/19/96 Effective Session 19961. C&I 5/27/97; DBT 6/17/97 Effective Session 19971 State change Effective Session 20011. College name change 20011. C&I 1/22/02, BOT 2/19/02, eff yrtr 20021 H added to prereq. Effective 20022. Effective 20061(0370). Removed GR word count reference per State mandate eff 20061(0370). Amended exclusion 10/28/09, Effective 20091(0415). Amended prerequisites effective 20112(0450). 3-Year Review 2009—Acceptable As Is C&I Approval: 04/11/2014, BOT Approval: 06/15/2014, Effective Term: Spring 2015 (495). C&I Approval: 11/20/2015, BOT Approval: 03/15/2016, Effective Term: Summer 2016 (515). C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Spring 2018 (540). C&I Approval: 02/14/2019, BOT Approval: 03/19/2019, Effective Term: Summer 2019 (560).
C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Summer 2025 (650)

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