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Catalog/Handbook 2015-2016 
    
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LIT 2110 - World Literature through the Renaissance


3 hours Lecture, 3 credits
Lower-Division College Credit
AA Elective: Yes
This course provides a survey of selected world literature before 1610 including excerpts from the Old Testament and New Testament, and authors such as Ovid, Sophocles, Sappho, Dante, Boccaccio, Homer, and Shakespeare. Through readings, discussions, films, and papers, students study major works and their authors in relation to historical and literary trends. This course begins with the ancient times and ends with the Renaissance. The student may take this course in sequence with World Literature: Renaissance to Present (LIT 2120) or individually.



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