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Unit 1: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Literature—The Epic of Gilgamesh
What makes a good story how might...,
How do oral and print forms funct...,
How did oral culture leave its ma...
15
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Unit 2: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Literature—Homer
Who was homer what is an epic poem,
How did historical context frame ...,
How did the greeks use oral poetr...
16
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Unit 3: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Literature—Ancient Athenian Drama
How was athenian drama performed ...,
Why is it significant that only a...,
Who was euripides
16
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Unit 4: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Literature—Virgil
Who was virgil,
What is the plot of the aeneid,
What are the main themes of the a...
16
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Unit 5: Ancient India
What are some of the challenges i...,
What are some of the echoes that ...,
What is the difference between a ...
18
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Unit 6: Early Chinese Literature and Thought
How was the production of early l...,
What was the situation when confu...,
What is masters literature and wh...
13
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Unit 7: Circling the Mediterranean—Europe and the Islamic World
How does a closer look at pre mod...,
What examples are there of how li...,
What was the early impact of phil...
15
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Unit 8: Medieval China
What role did poetry play in the ...,
How did the function of tang poet...,
How was buddhism involved in fost...
12
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Unit 9: Japan’s Classical Age
How was japanese culture a produc...,
How did chinese texts impact japa...,
What is waka poetry who wrote it ...
11
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Unit 10: Islam and Pre-Islamic Culture in North Africa
How did islam expand from the mid...,
Why unlike christianity is islam ...,
In what ways was islam integrated...
11
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Unit 11: Europe and the New World—Niccolò Machiavelli and Michel de Montaigne
Unit 11 europe and the new world ...,
What was the initial impact of jo...,
How did contact with the new worl...
12
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Unit 12: Europe and the New World—Marguerite de Navarre and the Popul Vuh
How did columbus s discovery chan...,
In what ways did european attitud...,
How did intellectual exchange con...
11
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Epic of Gilgamesh (Char, Themes, symb etc.)
Gilgamesh,
Enkidu,
Humbaba
12
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Bhagavad Gita (Char, Themes, Symbols etc)
Arjuna,
Krishna,
Vishnu
12
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Medea (Characters, themes, symbols etc.)
Medea,
Jason,
Glauce
9
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Beowulf (Characters, themes, symbols etc)
Beowulf,
King hrothgar,
Grendel
12
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Unit 13: Literatures of Early Modern East Asia
Why is the inclusion of early mod...,
How does chinese vernacular liter...,
How was vernacular literature in ...
12
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Unit 14: The Enlightenment in Europe and the Americas
What was the nature of the quarre...,
What role did doubt play in enlig...,
How did women contribute to the e...
16
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Unit 15: An Age of Revolutions—Frederick Douglass
How did industrial and democratic...,
What role did literature play in ...,
How was art changed by revolution
14
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Unit 16: An Age of Revolutions—Charles Baudelaire and Emily Dickinson
Why is baudelaire credited with b...,
What is baudelaire s view on indu...,
What distinguishes baudelaire s s...
10
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Unit 17: At the Crossroads of Empire—Nguyễn Du
Why do rulers generally depend on...,
What constitutes the primary sour...,
What primary element has contribu...
8
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Unit 18: At the Crossroads of Empire—Ghalib and Rabindranath Tagore
What makes ghalib the most freque...,
What types of verse forms did gha...,
What is a ghazal
8
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Unit 19: Realism across the Globe
What motivated the turn to realism,
Was realism a specifically europe...,
What was new about realism as a f...
14
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Unit 20: Modernity and Modernism, 1900–1945—Franz Kafka
What are the main characteristics...,
How did modernization both furthe...,
What were some of the major event...
16
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Unit 21: Modernity and Modernism, 1900–1945—T. S. Eliot and Pablo Neruda
Who was t s eliot,
How was eliot s understanding of ...,
What makes the love song of j alf...
8
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Unit 22: Postwar and Post-Colonial Literature, 1945–1968—Albert Camus
How did the post second world war...,
How was literature in this period...,
How did the dismantling of coloni...
10
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Chike's School Days
Theme cololialism as a form of vi...,
Theme family and community,
Theme leadership and authority
10
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Literary Movements
The enlightenment,
Age of revolutions,
Mid 1800s to early 1900s realism
6
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Unit 23: Postwar and Post-Colonial Literature, 1945–1968—Chinua Achebe and Naguib Mahfouz
Who was chinua achebe,
How does achebe s approach to lit...,
How does the use of naming in chi...
5
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Unit 24: Contemporary World Literature
What are some of the prominent th...,
In what ways is contemporary worl...,
Who is jamaica kincaid
10
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