World Literature

Unit One: World Myths and Folktales
World Myths and Folktales

Unit Two: The African Literary Tradition
African Literature

Unit Three: The Ancient Middle East
The Literature of Ancient Mesopotamia
Hebrew Literature

Unit Four: Greek and Roman Literatures
Greek Literature
Roman Literature

Unit Five: Indian Literature
Indian Literature

Unit Six: Chinese and Japanese Literatures
The Literature of China
The Literature of Japan

Unit Seven: Persian and Arabic Literatures
Persian and Arabic Literatures

Unit Eight: The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages

Unit Nine: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
Renaissance Literature
Literature of the Enlightenment

Unit Ten: The Nineteenth Century:Romanticism to Realism
The Nineteenth Century

Unit Eleven: Modern and Contemporary World Literature
The Twentieth Century and Beyond
Europe
The Americas
Africa and the Middle East
Asia