TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE 

*Subject to change based on text availability and student achievement

UNIT 1:Cultural Identity/ Collisions of Culture

What happens when cultures collide?

• various Short Stories

UNIT 2: Literature of the Ancient & Medieval World

How do our moral and social values shape our interactions with others?

• History of drama & tragedy: Oedipus Rex & Antigone

• Selections from Gilgamesh and the Bible

UNIT 3: Literature of the Americas/ Magical Realism 

How does magical realism, a genre preferred by South American writers, reflect their cultures’ beliefs in mystical occurrences?

• Short Stories from Julio Cortazar (Colombia), Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Argentina), Isabel Allende (Chile)

• The Metamorphosis by Kafka (Eastern European Magical Realism)

UNIT 4: Literature of Africa

What holds together and tears apart communities?

• Things Fall Apart (Nigeria)

UNIT 5: Literature of Middle East, Asia, and Europe

How does alienation affect the individual and society?

• Night by Elie Wiesel (Europe)

• Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (Europe)