Crowder College offers a variety of Literature courses to interested students. In an increasingly fast paced world faced with critical issues, a knowledge of influential writers and their works as well as insight into different cultures is extremely important.
Diogenes' response in 200 A. D. was that "there was only one good, namely, knowledge; and only one evil, namely, ignorance."
Most
colleges, including Crowder, require a minimum of 9 humanity credits in
order to obtain a 2-year degree. Many colleges specify that one is in literature.
While there are a variety of humanity courses offered, literature incorporates
a rich mixture of prose and poetry and often incorporates aspects of history,
art, and music, giving students a solid background. Statistically,
students who do take literature do better on the C-base test required
for all education majors; Crowder College has the highest rate of students
passing the C-base test on first time attempts in the state of Missouri.
"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed. "
Thomas B.Macaulay.
1788-1859
INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE emphasizes enjoyment, appreciation and understanding of various types of literature: poetry, drama, and fiction. This course contains selected short readings from influential authors such as Herman Melville, William Faulkner, Katherine Anne Porter, among others, to play wrights such as William Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams. This course partially fulfills general education Humanities requirements.
MASTERPIECES OF WORLD LITERATURE I contains selected readings in Greek and Roman literature. This class emphasizes epics, dramas, and mythology as well as the Divine Comedy, Don Quixote, and a Shakespearean masterpiece. The time period studied begins with the classical Age and continues through the Renaissance. This course partially fulfills general education requirements.
MASTERPIECES
OF WORLD LITERATURE II
is a continuation of Masterpieces of World Literature I. Selections
of the Renaissance (1650) through twentieth century contemporary writing
examine the global world. This course partially fulfills general education
humanities requirements.