Comparative Studies in World Epics

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Demonstrate orally, in writing, or by some other means a fundamental ability to use come of the techniques and/or methods of literary analysis. (GLT1)
• Identify and/or describe some of the various social, historical, cultural and/or theoretical contexts in which literary texts have been written and interpreted. (GLT2)
• Find, interpret, and evaluate information on diverse cultures. (GL1)
• Describe interconnections among regions of the world. (GL2)
• Use diverse cultural frames of reference and alternative perspectives to analyze issues. (GL3)
• Compare and contrast worldviews, values and practices, and literary techniques across cultures in a wide range of times and spaces.
• Understand and describe differences between oral composition-in-performance, oral memorization and recitation, and written production of narrative poetry.
• Develop oral presentation skills.
• Develop scholarly research and writing skills.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Final paper	20%
Scaffolding for final paper	10%
Oral presentation	20%
Written reflections	10%
Midterm exam	20%
Final exam	20%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100	A
90-92	A-
87-89	B+
83-86	B
80-82	B-
77-79	C+
73-76	C
70-72	C-
67-69	D+
63-66	D
60-62	D-
Below 60	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance is correlated with written reflections (handed in on physical pieces of paper) and therefore affects the written reflection grade.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Iliad and Odyssey (excerpted in The Essential Homer, translated by Stanley Lombardo)