5/9/2025 4:11:36 PM	ENGL 9 Course Outline as of Fall 2026	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ENGL 9	Title:  CONTEMPORARY WORLD LIT
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
		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: 
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Catalog Description:

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:

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 2012	Inactive:
Area:	E H	Humanities Global Perspective and Environmental Literacy
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C2	Humanities		Fall 2012
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3B	Humanities		Fall 2012
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 2025	Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

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:

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

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:

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:

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).

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