Welcome to World Literature (and the World of Literature)
at the University of Alabama!
– Socrates: “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
The Minor:
The minor in world literature (WL) is open only to students who have completed two years of college-level coursework in a foreign language. All programs of study for the minor must be approved by the director of the World Literature Program.
Requirements:
The world literature minor requires 18-20 hours, including the second-year foreign language courses and 12 hours of literature courses. Six of the required 12 hours must be associated with the foreign language the student has taken, either in the original text or in translation. A minimum of 6 hours at the 300 or 400 level must be earned on this campus. Courses taken to fulfill requirements of the student’s major or of another minor cannot be applied to the minor in world literature.
Courses:
207 World Literature Survey I (same as EH 207): Three hours. Prerequisites: EH 101 and EH 102 (or 103).
208 World Literature Survey II (same as EH 208): Three hours. Prerequisites: EH 101 and EH 102 (or 103).
223 Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature in Translation (same as RUS 223): Three hours.
224 Twentieth-Century Russian Literature in Translation (same as RUS 224): Three hours.
250 Germanic Mythology (same as GN 250): Two hours.
331 Major World Authors I (same as EH 331): Three hours. Selections in translation from Greek, roman, and Hebrew classics and other literature.
332 Major World Authors II (same as EH 332): Three hours. Selections in translation of major writers from a variety of countries and literary traditions.
363 English Bible as Literature (same as EH363 and REL311): Three hours.
389:390 Special Topics: Three hours.
435 Literary Criticism (same as EH 435): Three hours. Prerequisites: 15 hours in English courses, including EH 101 and EH 102 (or 103), and EH 205 or EH 206.
436 Modern Criticism (same as EH 436): Three hours. Prerequisites: 15 hours in English, including EH 101 and EH 102 (or 1030, and EH 205 or EH 206.
489:490 Special Topics: Three hours.
520:521 Special Topics: Three hours.