Classics in World Literature
Intensive interactive seminar (suitable for beginner to advanced students)

Whether you want to broaden your literary horizons or revisit some old favorites, we invite you to take part in an amazing journey that spans two centuries and four continents.  The diverse settings, plots, themes, and styles of six of the world's great classics will provide the basis for rich discussion of the different social, economic, political and cultural forces that shape each work, and at the same time, help us to identify the common threads of humanity that run through all of them.  We will examine the psychological, moral-philosophical, and mythical/archetypal/symbolic significance of the works through the lenses of several different schools of modern critical interpretation including Deconstruction, Marxism, Feminism, New Historicism, Post-Structuralism, Reader-Response, and Postcolonialism, as we work toward the goal of gaining greater insight into the ways in which the forces of time and place shape and mold both the individual and collective psyche.  As we progress through the course, we will also identify the recurring qualities that elevate these particular works to the status of "classics".

Reading List:
Dead Souls, Volume 1 - Nikolai Gogol
Hunger - Knut Hamsun
Call to Arms - Lu Xun
Kim - Rudyard Kipling
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison

Course Title: World Literature
Tuition Fee: RMB 3200
Materials Fee (Books): RMB 400

Spring Session 2012: March 9th to May 11th

Section A: Friday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 9th to May 11th (Course Code: WL103)
Location: ELC Learning Center

Section B: Friday afternoons (1:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 9th to May 11th (Course Code: WL104)
Location: ELC Learning Center

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Registration Procedure:
Please register online first to reserve your place.  You will then receive a confirmation email with further details.  Next, payment must be made on site at the ELC Learning Center during the payment dates shown below (you can come in person or send someone).

Tuition payment for the Spring Session 2012 will take place from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, from Monday, February 20th through Monday, February 27th, 2012.  Payments will be received in the Registration Office at the ELC Learning Center.  Click here for map.

Please note: classes are kept small for the students' benefit (generally between 8 and 12 people).  Register early to reserve your place.  Payment must be received on time to complete your enrollment and maintain your reservation in the class(es) for which you have registered.  (Any course that does not meet sufficient enrollment may be cancelled and a full refund provided upon presentation of your original receipt.)