The course aims at enhancing your ability to read, understand and respond to literature in different forms and genres. The course also attempts to explore a wide range of universal themes in literary texts from different regions and cultures, encouraging you to navigate cultural and stylistic differences for the purpose of constructing a better understanding of your own identity as a citizen of the world.

The course is designed to help you appreciate the experience of reading literature and comprehend its globally encompassing nature. The texts that you are required to read throughout the course are engaging and open to a wide range of interpretations, which gives chance to individual and collaborative participation.