Compact anthology of world literature. Part one, The Ancient world / editor-in-chief: Laura Getty, co-editor: Kyounghye Kwon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Getty, Laura.

Kwon, Kyounghye.

Open Textbook Library, distributor.

Series:

Open Textbook Library.

English open textbooks ; book 2

Open textbook library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Collections.

Literature.

Genre:

Collections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Updated irregularly.

Distribution:

Minneapolis : Open Textbook Library.

Place of Publication:

Dahlonega, GA : University of North Georgia Press, 2015-

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"The introductions in this anthology are meant to be just that: a basic overview of what students need to know before they begin reading, with topics that students can research further. An open access literature textbook cannot be a history book at the same time, but history is the great companion of literature: The more history students know, the easier it is for them to interpret literature. In an electronic age, with this text available to anyone with computer access around the world, it has never been more necessary to recognize and understand differences among nationalities and cultures. The literature in this anthology is foundational, in the sense that these works influenced the authors who followed them. A word to the instructor: The texts have been chosen with the idea that they can be compared and contrasted, using common themes. Rather than numerous (and therefore often random) choices of texts from various periods, these selected works are meant to make both teaching and learning easier. While cultural expectations are not universal, many of the themes found in these works are."--Open Textbook Library.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Middle East, Near East, Greece. Hebrew Bible, "Genesis" and "Exodus"

The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Iliad and The Odyssey

Medea

Oedipus the King

Chapter 2: China. The Analects

The Art of War

The Book of Songs

The Mother of Mencius

The Zhuangzi

Chapter 3: India. The Bhagavad Gita

The Mahabharata

The Râmâyana

Chapter 4: Rome. The Aeneid

Metamorphoses

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on online version, Fall 2015; Title from PDF (viewed on March 1, 2017)

ISBN:

1940771226

9781940771229

OCLC:

974038928

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access