ENGL 1701 — Global Literatures 2

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath DDNUpath ICusually offered: falltypical days: WBostonOakland, CATraditional

Introduces students to selected global literary works from the 16th century to the present. May include works from Africa (A. Igoni Barrett’s Blackass from Nigeria); the Americas (Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony from the Laguna people, Popol Vuh from the Mayan peoples, and Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits from Chile); Asia (Anita Desai, Clear Light of Day from India and Kyung-sook Shin’s Please Look After Mom from South Korea); Europe (Evliya Çelebi’s Book of Travels: The City of Boudonitza from Turkey, Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote from Spain, and François Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel from France). Works in translation where necessary.

Prerequisites

• one of:
  • ENGL 1102 (min C) (may be taken concurrently)
  • ENGL 1111 (min C) (may be taken concurrently)
  • ENGW 1102 (min C) (may be taken concurrently)
  • ENGW 1111 (min C) (may be taken concurrently)
  • WRIT 201M
  • ENGW 1113 (min C) (may be taken concurrently)
  • ENGW 1114 (min C) (may be taken concurrently)

Offering history

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 45% · T 45% · W 55% · Th 45% · F 45%

Common patterns: TF (45% of sections), MWR (45% of sections), W (9% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

• Isabel Sobral Campos (50% of students) · reviews
• Alison Glassie (50% of students) · reviews

Spring

• Brinda Mehta (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

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