World Literature Program

World Literature is the study of writing from around the world - poetry, fiction, drama, travelogues, and screen plays. Studying World Literature includes asking how cultures view one another - how they understand and at times misunderstand each other. To study World Literature is to discover texts of imagination and creativity as well as cross-cultural curiousity, empathy, and conflict.

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Is World Literature for you?

World Literature is for students who have a passion for literature, travel, and cultural exchange. Studying World Literature will appeal to students who are curious about different forms of global culture, from epic poetry to contemporary graphic novels from East and West.

Areas of study

Students in World Literature at SFU study historical and contemporary literature, fiction and nonfiction. Courses and texts in World Literature are in English, but students are encouraged to learn another language or to further skills in another language.

World Literature gives students a global perspective on literature, and an opportunity to participate in the cultural exchange of knowledge. It is a degree desgined to prepare students for global and multicultural professions in the twenty-first century.

Where can World Literature take you?

International agencies and organizations
Teaching
Consultant in the public or private sector
Book, multimedia, and magazine environments
Creative writing and cultural professions
Writing, editing and publishing
Small business
Journalism, communications, broadcasting, and public relations

World Literature Program website

Galleria 5182 - SFU Surrey
Tel: (778) 782-8731
Fax: (778) 782-4712

Director: Dr. Ken Seigneurie
Chair's Secretary: Erin Westwood
Manager, Academic and Administrative Services: Gloria Ingram
Advisor: May Yao, Emma Horsley
Undergraduate/Graduate Secretary: Jennifer White