ENGL1701 (Global Literatures 2) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Average rating 5.0/5. Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Introduces students to selected global literary works from the 16th century to the present. May include works from Africa (A. Igoni Barrett’s Blackass from Nigeria); the Americas (Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony from the Laguna people, Popol Vuh from the Mayan peoples, and Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits from Chile); Asia (Anita Desai, Clear Light of Day from India and Kyung-sook Shin’s Please Look After Mom from South Korea); Europe (Evliya Çelebi’s Book of Travels: The City of Boudonitza from Turkey, Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote from Spain, and François Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel from France). Works in translation where necessary.
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