- to introduce students to some of the most influential literary
works in the East Asian and European traditions, from ancient to
modern times, from a comparative, multicultural perspective, with
a special emphasis on these works’ relevance to contemporary
society around the world;
- to help students situate those works within larger historical
and cultural contexts; 
-to provide students with an understanding of the conventions of
literary composition and reception that inform their creation,
such as conventions of genre, metrics, style; 
- to improve students' communication skills through oral
presentations in class and expository writing assignments,
including in-class and out-of-class essays.
 Students' performances will be evaluated through a variety of
means, including assessment of oral presentations, objective
tests, essays, and the final examination.

The typical course consists of a series of readings in world
literature from the East and the West. The topics considered are
generated by the specific work under analysis. The works treated
will vary with the instructor. Readings would typically include
such authors as Goethe, Kalidasa, Rumi, Lu Xun, Kenzaburo Oe,
Tolstoy,Rabindranath Tagore, Vladimir Nabokov, and Toni Morison.

Students are required to abide by the University of Georgia
academic honesty policy.