Selected readings change every semester.  

Based on an older Great Books Foundation world literature anthology using freely available stories supplied in PDF by the instructor, the selection of short stories brings together the voices of modern, critically-acclaimed writers from all over the world, including many Nobel laureates. Five world regions—The Americas, Europe, Africa, The Middle East and South Asia, and East Asia and the Pacific Rim—are represented by literature selected with the help of experts from each area.

Each week, students will read a piece of literature (sometimes two) in preparation for class time.  They will begin collaborating on the piece using Perusall between live class time.  During live class time, I will facilitate a Shared Inquiry/Socratic discussion that explores some of the student topics and others through the discussion of the literature.  Students learn how to find evidence in the literature to support their ideas and claims.  They learn how to support or disagree other student's statements in a constructive and respectful manner.  Through this process, they are also analyzing the literature although they may not realize that is what they are doing!

Semester topics: 
* Benefits and process of Active Reading
* How to participate meaningfully in a Shared Inquiry literature discussion
* Value of reading world literature
* Translation considerations
* Literature of:
    * North, Central & South Americas
    * The Caribbean
    * Europe
    * Middle East and Southeast Asia
    * East Asia and the Pacific Rim
    * Africa

Readings are done the week before class discussion.  Material will be provided by the instructor through PDFs.   

Students will also participate in the learning management system.  There is an OPTION to participate in activities that teach students the foundations of how to write a research paper but this is focusing on research skills vs. writing skills.

This course will be offered each semester for up to 2 semesters of differing content that can use the same book.