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Spring 2025 | ENGL 1401W Section 001: Introduction to World Literatures in English (51161)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
- Enrollment Status:
Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This writing-intensive course will introduce you to texts from geographical locations such as Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean with the aim of examining the impact that colonialism has had on previously colonized nations, as well as the world as a whole. Through close readings of these texts, we will examine questions related to concepts such as "third world," nationalism, difference, representation, and displacement.
- Class Description:
- The Arabic Novel: The course covers the development of the novel in the Arabic tradition, from the Arabian Nights (the Sindbad Cycle) until 2011. The novel has proved to be an excellent medium in which Arab authors, writing in Arabic and in English, have engaged with politics, religion, and social change. The course includes authors such as Taha Hussein, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, Tayeb Saleh, Hanan Sheikh, Ghassan Kanafani, Emile Habibi, Nuruddin Farah, and others. Many nationalities are included, along with two films that demonstrate the globalization of Arabic narratives. The course ends with novels by Arab Americans with a focus on the role that they and others are playing in the development of a unique literature in English.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Freshmen students and anyone who is interested.
- Learning Objectives:
- To learn the historical and political backgrounds to the novels; to focus on the stylistic innovations in the past century; and simply to enjoy great literature. As this is a W course, we will pay close attention to writing skills.
- Grading:
- Midterm, Final, and short class essays.
- Exam Format:
- Essays
- Class Format:
- Lecture, discussions, and movies.
- Workload:
- On average, one novel (depending on length) or movie per week.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51161/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 November 2023
Spring 2025 | ENGL 1401W Section 002: Introduction to World Literatures in English (64801)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 01:25PM - 03:20PM
UMTC, East Bank
- Enrollment Status:
Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This writing-intensive course will introduce you to texts from geographical locations such as Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean with the aim of examining the impact that colonialism has had on previously colonized nations, as well as the world as a whole. Through close readings of these texts, we will examine questions related to concepts such as "third world," nationalism, difference, representation, and displacement.
- Class Description:
In this course, we will read literary texts from diverse backgrounds written in the nineteenth-century and after. While works written by American or British authors are not entirely excluded, our focus is with authors of other national origins and their engagement with English and literatures written in English. This course will cover texts originally written in English as well as texts that gained currency within the Anglophone world through translation. As we read a text in the broad light of imperialism and postcolonialism, we will examine issues of race, gender, and class at work in the text within specific historical and political contexts.
- Class Format:
- Mostly discussion-based.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64801/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 October 2016
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