Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 16:46:04 -0500 (CDT)
From: "P. R. Gupta" <pgupta-AT-blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
Subject: Re: name that course!



I've seen "Global" or "World" Literature (Iowa has "Major Texts of World
Literature") courses. This also permits U.S. and European literatures, of
course.  But "World" in this context seems to mean "Non-Euro/U.S."

How about just "Literatures in English" and "Literatures in Translation"?
(And should these be taught separately?)

========================Prasenjit R. Gupta
prasenjit-gupta-AT-uiowa.edu

On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, stan cooper wrote:

> >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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> The word "Global" works for me and is politically neutral.
> Stan Cooper
> cooperbenham-AT-tcsn.net
> 
> 
> 
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