African Literature in Translation
Introduction to oral or written literature from a coherent African cultural area, using translations for students who cannot access original-language texts.
Summary
Past student reviews · Nevine El-Nossery
Grades relied on participation, essay quizzes, a midterm, and a final presentation or paper.
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapSophomore standing
- Sophomore standing
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Prerequisite text tree
- Sophomore standing
Professors
Spring 2027No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
MONEERA AL-GHADEER is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
NEVINE EL-NOSSERY is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
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Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Nevine El-Nossery
Nevine El-Nossery was passionate about the readings and always wanted to hear student input, making the class engaging for upper-level literature credit.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 3.46 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2020: 3.69 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Nevine El-Nossery
Grades relied on participation, essay quizzes, a midterm, and a final presentation or paper.
Past student reviews · Moneera Al-Ghadeer
Moneera Al-Ghadeer was described as demanding but not unreasonable, with students noting that a love of writing helped them succeed.
Topics
- Oral and written literature of a coherent African cultural area
- Literary texts in translation
Skills
- Analyzing oral and written literature from a specific African cultural area
- Engaging with literary texts through translation when original languages are inaccessible
Grades
Latest available · Fall 2024— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
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Grades over time
Through Fall 2024
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Sources & history
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Explore recorded gradesRecorded 2026-10-14
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Model & dataset provenance
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