Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Objective:

To give students an opportunity to acquire some experiential knowledge of at least one foreign culture through the medium of its own language, thereby gaining some insight into the rich linguistic and cultural variety of the human family.
To give students some appreciation of the peculiar genius of at least one foreign literature through carefully selected readings.
To deepen students' awareness and understanding of the structure of language in general and of the structure of their own language by having a point of comparison.
To contribute to the students' general liberal education by giving it a broader dimension, encompassing some appreciation of the human experience outside the students' immediate culture.