Maricopa Community Colleges  ENH201   19956-20075 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 06/27/95
ENH201 19956-20075 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
World Literature Through the Renaissance
Includes a selection of the world's literary masterpieces in their cultural background, beginning with ancient Oriental and Occidental writings and concluding with Renaissance writings.
Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ENH201   19956-20075 World Literature Through the Renaissance
1. Explain the effects on western culture of the creation accounts in Genesis. (I)
2. State and explain selected biblical themes. (I)
3. Define terminology used to analyze selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey. (I)
4. Define Aristotelian tragedy. (II)
5. Define Socratic irony. (II)
6. Describe the differences between the epics of Homer and Virgil. (III)
7. State the ideals and influences of early Christian leaders. (IV)
8. Define terminology used to analyze selections from Dante. (V)
9. Define and give examples of Chaucerian irony. (V)
10. Define neo-platonism, humanism, and individualism as they appear in representative Renaissance writers. (VI)
11. Identify stylistic and philosophical contributions of Renaissance writers to the literature of the Western world. (VI)
12. Analyze in writing specific literary works. (I-VI)
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ENH201   19956-20075 World Literature Through the Renaissance
    I. The ancient world
        A. Creation accounts
        B. Biblical themes
      II. Classical Greece
          A. Terminology related to Iliad and Odyssey
          B. Artistotelian tragedy
          C. Socratic irony
        III. Rome
            A. Homer
            B. Virgil
          IV. Early Christianity
            V. Medieval period
                A. Dante
                B. Chaucer
              VI. Renaissance
                  A. Terminology
                  B. Stylistic and philosophical contributions to literature
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