Welcome to World Literature!

Welcome to World Literature everyone!  

This is our class website, where I will periodically post information pertinent to our World Literature class.  I will use this site to disseminate new class information, along with videos, readings, and materials that are required throughout the semester.

I look forward to a productive and inspiring Fall semester with all of you.

Sincerely,

Dr. Mia Zamora

How to get to most of the class readings: E-Reserve screencast

Here is a video which explains how to get to our reserved course readings.  I filmed this screencast earlier in the Spring, but the information I share here is the same for all of you.  Please watch this video to understand how to acquire your readings for this class:

Regarding your first reading of the semester which is Inanna - the text is broken up into smaller sections:

-The Huluppu Tree;
-Inanna & Enki (The God of Wisdom);
-The Courtship of Inanna  & Dumuzi;
-Inanna's Journey to the Underworld

Together, these four sections make up the Sumerian epic entitled Inanna:  Queen of Heaven and Earth.  Our first reading for the semester will be each of these sections of Inanna in this listed chrological order.

In order to know the reading assignment for each class, please listen to my announcements in class.  I will announce our reading for next class at the beginning of our class time each time we meet.

Growing Knowledge

An inspirational video for all of you at the start of our semester.  

Zack Matere says wisely here, "Information is powerful, but it is how we use it that will define us."

So as we embark on our journey through World Literature together, let us remember that we must reach beyond "information for information sake" as we collectively strive for meaning and understanding.   If we find shared meaning and understanding, then we can figure out how to apply the information at our finger tips to solving the problems of this shared world.