ENG 171 - GLOBAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

College of Arts and Sciences

Credit(s): 3

A course exploring the diversity and significance of English literature from across the world. To what extent is English now a global language, no longer the property of any national group? How has fiction contributed to the process of internationalizing English? To answer these questions and others, this course examines the idea of global citizenship and cosmopolitan English through the work of some of the language’s most compelling international novelists. Lecture. Offers credit for the UK Core requirement in Global Citizenship. Does not fulfill ENG premajor requirement or provide ENG Major Elective credit. Provides ENG minor credit. Credit will not be given to students who already have credit for ENG 181.

Meets UK Core: Global Dynamics.
Approved for Distance Learning.