COMMUNICATIONS

242 WORLD LITERATURE I

Length of Course:  One semester

Credit Granted:  One-half per semester

Prerequisite:  Successful completion of Practical Reading and Writing II, or Language and American Literature II or II (H)

Offered To: Juniors and Seniors

World Literature 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 exposes students to a sampling of classic as well as modern literature from the ancient world, Greece and Rome, Asia, the Middle East 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 complete a critical research project which meets all teacher criteria and is required for successful completion of World Literature I.