archetypes, paraphrase, parts of speech, summary, translation, world literature

Exploring nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and plays from all over the world, while strengthening your grammar, writing, and language skills. The authors come from every geographic region, and some are Nobel Prize winners. Each selection was written during the twentieth century and provides a modern look at age-old themes.

This course is organized by five geographic regions and, within a region, by countries. As you read the selections in this course, you may begin to realize that humans are much more alike than different. Each writer has a unique voice, but many themes are repeated, such as freedom, injustice, poverty, community, respect, and love.

• Recognize the connection between archetypes and themes in literature
• Differentiate between paraphrasing and summarizing
• Identify the main idea in a nonfiction literary work
• Identify various parts of speech
• Use academic vocabulary to identify literary concepts