Global Literature and Writing

5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1D or 2DW. Study and discussion of major literary texts usually overlooked in courses that focus only on canon of Western literature, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts may be from areas of African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, North American, and Middle Eastern literature. Texts may include works by authors such as Achebe, Can Xue, Desai, Emecheta, Kincaid, Neruda, Ngugi, Pak, Rushdie, and El Saadawi. Consult Schedule of Classes for topics to be offered in specific term. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.