This course introduces students to important texts in world literatures from antiquity to the present, and may focus on a specific culture, era, theme, or genre. Students will be introduced to novels, poetry, and drama from outside the Anglo-American literary tradition, focusing on literature translated into English from other languages, as well as works written in English from non-Western authors. Through the literature of writers from around the world, students can compare their lifestyles, values, worldviews, perceptions, and experiences to those of people from different cultures, giving students a broader and deeper understanding of and respect for those cultures. Texts studied will derive from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and/or the Caribbean and Australia. Course content may vary from semester to semester.