Investigates the social and cultural dimensions of literature written by and about peoples of other countries or of regional or minority cultures within the United States. Topics may focus on literature from English-speaking countries or on literature in translation by writers from nonwestern countries. Topics will reflect cultural diversity as represented in selected works of literature. The topic will be announced before registration each semester when the course is offered, and the course itself can be taken more than once on different subjects. Fulfills general education requirement in literature and cross-cultural studies and general education requirement in Intercultural Knowledge. [3 credits]