ENGL 271 - World Literature II

    Recent Professors
    K. McGregor
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2026
    Class Size
    45 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Placement into ENGL C1000 (formerly ENGL 120) or ESL 122
    Spring 2026 Sections
    View Spring 2026 sections of ENGL 271
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This class offers a survey and analysis of diverse literary texts across the world. Students examine how literature shapes and reflects the human experience as well as global struggles over power, identity, and language. Students learn to use different theoretical lenses to interpret critically the historical, political, social, psychological, philosophical, aesthetic, and cultural aspects of literature from Africa, the Middle East, South and East Asia, the Caribbean, Oceania, Latin America, and Europe. Primary texts consist of fiction, graphic literature, poetry, drama, creative nonfiction, and film. (C-ID ENGL 145) (CSU/UC) (AA/AS-3, Cal-GETC-3B)