Margaret Yoon: Syllabus Presentations

I enjoyed the presentations; they were very unique and intriguing in their various themes and goals. However, I do not think the task of presenting a “World Literature” syllabus is practical. There is too much literature that constitutes such, and the term itself changes with every individual. Thus, I focused my presentation on a specific psychological approach to world literature, specifically with the German texts from the Enlightenment to post Modernism. In this way, I think the class would be more effective as a learning experience and would have more of a focus. The students would come away with thorough knowledge about a specific period, which they would be able to apply to future literature classes and their own worldview.