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An examination of various trends in nineteenth century literature, including Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, and Symbolism.

Understand the paradigms of different national, ethnic, and class literatures.
Identify differences in approach to literary traditions.
Identify literary perspectives and prejudices.
Understand how and where various literary genres arose.
Understand non-Western literary and aesthetic values in the context of similarity and difference to Western values.