COMMUNICATIONS

234 WORLD LITERATURE Ii

Length of Course:  One semester

Credit Granted:  One-half per semester

Prerequisite:  Successful completion of World Literature I

Offered To: Juniors and Seniors

World Literature II is designed for the student who is competent or gifted in language arts.  This course is a college preparatory course stressing the enhancement of reading, interpreting and analyzing great literature from around the world as well as thinking, language and writing skills.  This course is a continuation of World Literature I, exposing students to a sampling of modern and contemporary literature (since 1900) from Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Supplementing the class work, students are required to independently read a literary classic novel (not including American or British authors) selected from an approved list to a complete a crtical research project which meets all teacher criteria and is required for successful completion of World Literature II.