Course Description
This course surveys and compares literature from around the world produced between 1650 and the present. This course emphasizes literature outside the Anglo-American tradition. Students have the opportunity to analyze and compare texts representing various genres from different cultural regions, including Africa, Asia,Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Through this crosscultural study of literature, students have the opportunity to engage in thinking critically about cultural diversity and related issues鈥攕uch as global migrations, international power dynamics, and transnational patterns of inequality鈥攊n a world context.
Units: 3
Credit - Degree Applicable Transferable to both UC and CSU
Course Details
- Grade Options: Letter Grade, Pass/No Pass
- In-Class Lecture Hours: 48 鈥� 54
- In-Class Lab Hours: 0
Requisites and Advisories
- Prerequisites: None
- Co-Requisites: None
- Advisory: ENGL 001A
Transfer Details
- CSU/UC:
Transferable to both UC and CSU - WVC GE: Area A-3: Arts & Humanities
- CSU GE: Area C2 - Humanities
- UC/IGETC GE: Area 3B - Humanities
- C-ID: ENGL 145 - Survey of World Literature 2