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| Changed Course |
| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ENGL 9 | Title:
CONTEMPORARY WORLD LIT |
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| Full Title:
Global Voices: Contemporary Literature from Around the World |
| Last Reviewed:5/5/2025 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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Students will study recent and significant literature from around the world. Students are invited to delve into the vital contributions of the myriad of voices that speak to current global issues in their cultural and historical contexts, and that shape today's global literary traditions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Course Eligibility for ENGL C1000 ( or ENGL 1A) OR Course Eligibility for EMLS 10 ( or ESL 10)
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Students will study recent and significant literature from around the world. Students are invited to delve into the vital contributions of the myriad of voices that speak to current global issues in their cultural and historical contexts, and that shape today's global literary traditions.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Eligibility for ENGL C1000 ( or ENGL 1A) OR Course Eligibility for EMLS 10 ( or ESL 10)
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 2025
| Inactive: | |
| Area: | E
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L3
| Humanities
Global Perspective and Environmental Literacy
Arts and Humanities
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | C2 | Humanities | Fall 2012 | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 3B | Humanities | Fall 2012 | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Spring 2025 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| C-ID: |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
Approval and Dates
| Version: | 06 | Course Created/Approved: | 12/6/2010 |
| Version Created: | 2/26/2025 | Course Last Modified: | 5/6/2025 |
| Submitter: | Sheryl Cavales Doolan | Course Last Full Review: | 5/5/2025 |
| Version Status: | Approved Changed Course | Prereq Created/Approved: | 5/5/2025 |
| Version Status Date: | 5/5/2025 | Semester Last Taught: | |
| Version Term Effective: | Fall 2026 | Term Inactive: | |
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Critically read, analyze, interpret, and write about significant works of contemporary world literature.
2. Analyze formal qualities of contemporary literature relative to texts' artistic, literary, and aesthetic contexts.
3. Situate texts within their respective historical, political, and cultural contexts.
4. Apply a range of critical approaches to contemporary world literature.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Analyze and critique assigned texts.
2. Identify and interpret major themes in texts and their connections to their respective historical and cultural contexts.
3. Develop analytical arguments on assigned literature, informed by textual analysis and research, including literary criticism, theoretical frameworks (e.g. psychoanalytic, feminist, and Marxist theory), and socio-historical scholarship.
Topics and Scope
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I. Major Modern Literary Movements (of the 19th and 20th centuries)
A. Romanticism
B. Realism
C. Modernism
D. Postmodernism
II. Contemporary Literary Movements (of the 21st century)
A. Metamodernism
B. Speculative fiction
III. Characteristics of Contemporary Literature
A. Notable genres, such as autofiction, magical realism, surrealism, horror
B. Fragmentation, such as collage, vignette, stream of consciousness
C. Minimalism, such as concision, omission, conceptualism
D. Perspectivism, such as polyphony, unreliable narration, self-reflexivity
E. Textuality, such as intertextuality, annotation, metafiction
F. Alternative Temporality, such as nonlinear narration, anachrony, ellipsis
G. Key Affects, such as sincerity, irreverence, Romantic modes
IV. Translation
A. Translation as interpretation
B. Cultural translation
C. Power and translation
V. Curation
A. Literary awards
B. Notable publishers
C. Popular criticism
D. Algorithmic recommendations
VI. Literary Analysis and Research
VII. Schools of Literary Criticism
VIII. Writing Literary Analysis Essays
Assignments:
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1. Weekly reading assignments
2. Participation in class discussions
3. Individual or group presentations or projects
4. Low-stakes writing assignments, such as
a. reading response journals
b. summaries
c. personal response papers
5. Short critical response papers (500 - 1,000 words each)
6. Library research assignments, such as
a. an annotated bibliography
b. research sessions with a librarian, etc.
7. Essays including library research with Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation (1,000 - 2,500 words each)
8. Essay exams, objective exams, and/or quizzes
9. Additional assignments as determined by instructor may include: field trips (ungraded)
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
50 - 65% |
| Low-stakes writing assignments; short critical response papers; library research assignment(s); essays | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
5 - 15% |
| Library research assignment(s) | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
10 - 20% |
| Essay exams and/or quizzes | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 20% |
| Attendance; participation in class discussion; individual or group presentation or projects | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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My Brilliant Friend. Ferrante, Elena. Translated by Ann Goldstein, Europa Edition. 2011. (classic).
Afterlives. Gurnah, Abdulrazak. Riverhead Books. 2022.
Signs Preceding the End of the World. Herrera, Yuri. Translated by Lisa Dillman, And Other Stories. 2015. (classic).
The White Book. Kang, Han. Translated by Deborah Smith, Random House Publishing. 2016. (classic).
Tram 83. Mwanza Mujila, Fiston. Translated by Roland Glasser, Deep Vellum Publishing. 2015. (classic).
Frankenstein in Baghdad. Saadawi, Ahmed. Penguin Books. 2018. (classic).
Minor Detail. Shibli, Adania. Translated by Elisabeth Jaquette, New Directions. 2020. (classic).
Mouthful of Birds. Schweblin, Samanta. Translated by Megan McDowell, Riverhead Books. 2019. (classic).
Flights. Tokarczuk, Olga. Translated by Jennifer Croft, Riverhead Books. 2019. (classic).
The Sound of Things Falling. Vásquez, Juan Gabriel. Translated by Anne McLean, Riverhead Books. 2014. (classic).
OTHER REQUIRED ELEMENTS
| Student Preparation |
| Matric Assessment Required: | E | Requires English Assessment |
| Prerequisites-generate description: | NP | No Prerequisite |
| Advisories-generate description: | A | Auto-Generated Text |
| Prereq-provisional: | N | NO |
| Prereq/coreq-registration check: | N | No Prerequisite Rules Exist |
| Requires instructor signature: | N | Instructor's Signature Not Required |
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| BASIC INFORMATION, HOURS/UNITS & REPEATABILITY |
| Method of instruction: | 02 | Lecture |
| | 71 | Internet-Based, Simultaneous Interaction |
| | 72 | Internet-Based, Delayed Interaction |
| Area department: | ENGL | English |
| Division: | 71 | Language Arts & Academic Foundations |
| Special topic course: | N | Not a Special Topic Course |
| Program Status: | 1 | Major Applicable Course |
| Repeatability: | 00 | Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP |
| Repeat group id: | | |
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| SCHEDULING |
| Audit allowed: | N | Not Auditable |
| Open entry/exit: | N | Not Open Entry/Open Exit |
| Credit by Exam: | N | Credit by examination not allowed |
| Budget code: Program: | 0000 | Unrestricted |
| Budget code: Activity: | 1501 | English-General |
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| OTHER CODES |
| Disciplines: | English |
| Basic Skills: | N | Not a Basic Skills Course |
| Level below transfer: | Y | Not Applicable |
| CVU/CVC status: | Y | Distance Ed, Not CVU/CVC Developed |
| Distance Ed Approved: | Y | Exclusively online or other technology based instruction |
| Emergency Distance Ed Approved: | Y | Fully Online
Partially Online
Online with flexible in-person activities
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| Credit for Prior Learning: | N | Agency Exam |
| N | CBE |
| N | Industry Credentials |
| N | Portfolio |
| Non-credit category: | Y | Not Applicable, Credit Course |
| Classification: | Y | Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses |
| SAM classification: | E | Non-Occupational |
| TOP code: | 1501.00 | English |
| Work-based learning: | N | Does Not Include Work-Based Learning |
| DSPS course: | N | NO |
| In-service: | N | Not an In-Service Course |
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