From: "Neeraj Bhatnagar" <neeraj-AT-MantraTech.com>
Subject: RE: name that course! 
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:49:12 -0700


The problem that you are facing is indeed difficult -- there is simply no
word/phrase in the language to describe "Non-us, Non-european".  There is
also no word to describe, say, "non-Chinese, Non-Asian".  How about the
following suggestion(s):

1.  Why not simply call is a course on "World Literature".  In every country
the word "world" (can) refer to all the countries other than the that
country itself.  That takes care of the non-US part.  Since the US
literature has a significant relation to the european literature, the idea
of non-European is also pretty much captured.


2.  Unless you want to include languages other than English, you may also
call it non-native English literature.  But to me "World Literature" makes a
lot of sense.

Neeraj Bhatnagar

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> Prenatt
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 1998 12:42 PM
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> Subject: name that course!
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>
> Can anyone guide my well-intentioned but perhaps naive efforts to title a
> new course on non-U.S., non-European literature?  I realize the political
> problems of defining the course in the negative but, as department chair,
> I'm challenged to design a course that will address my college's "cultural
> awareness" (formerly "non-West") core requirement.  I want to propose a
> course rubric that would allow us to change course content from
> semester to
> semester (literature of India, literature of Latin America, etc.) while
> retaining the same title for cataloguing purposes.
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Diane Prenatt
> Chair, English & Communications
> Marian College
> Indianapolis
>
> prenattd-AT-marian.edu
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>
>
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