UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE

World Literature

Presentation:

-         Name of the subject: World Literature

-         Degrees in Spanish Philology, Philosophy, History, and Humanities

-         Year: First

-         Duration: half-yearly ( first semester)

-         ECTS credits: 6

-         Requirements: none

-         Prof.: Gabriel Insausti Herrero-Velarde (ginsausti@unav.es)

-         Kind of subject: introductory

-         Language: English

-         Description: “World Literature” tries to convey fundamental notions concerning the most important ages, trends and authors of literature within the Western World. The approach is basically chronological. Thus, the programme deals with of successive periods – Ancient World, Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Modern Times – although in the last few topics the different genres will be treated separately. The most relevant and significant literary works of those ages, trends and genres will be analysed. Special attention will be paid to relationships and parallels between texts from different periods and, above all, to the influence of the literature of the past on our modern view of the world and on literature today. Obviously, owing to scarcity of time no thorough analysis will be developed.