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201 World Literature I A survey of western and non-western classics from ancient times through the Renaissance. Works studies (in translation) include writings from the European tradition as well as from India, China, Japan, Africa, and other non-western cultures. (Substantial writing component required.) Prerequisite: ENG 102 with a grade of C or higher. Three hours, three credits. 202 World Literature II A survey of western and non-western classics since the Renaissance. Works studied (in translation) include writings from the European tradition as well as from India, China, Japan,Africa, and other non-western cultures. (Substantial writing component required.) Prerequisite: ENG 102 with a grade of C or higher. Three hours, three credits. 203 British Literature I A study of the literary heritage of the British Isles from the Middle Ages to 1800. Writers often studied include Chaucer, Shakerpeare, Donne, Milton, Swift, and Pope. (Substantial writing component required.) Prerequisite: ENG 102 with a grade of C or higher. Three hours, three credits. 204 British Literature II A study of the literary heritage of the British Isles from 1800 to the present. Writers often studied include Blake,Wordsworth, the Brontes,Austen, the Brownings, Joyce,Yeats, and T.S. Eliot. (Substantial writing component required.) Prerequisite: ENG 102 with a grade of C or higher. Three hours, three credits. 205 American Literature I A study of the emergence and maturation of the literature of the United States, tracing this tradition from its beginnings through colonial times and the Civil War period. Writers often studied include Bradstreet, Franklin, Irving, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson,Thoreau,Whitman, Twain, and Dickinson. (Substantial writing component required.) Prerequisite: ENG 102 with a grade of C or higher. Three hours, three credits. 206 American Literature II A study of the literature of the United States from the late 19th century and the period of Realism and Naturalism through Modernism to the present. Writers often studied include James, Crane, Dreiser, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, ONeill, Faulkner, and Ellison. (Substantial writing component required.) Prerequisite: ENG 102 with a grade of C or higher. Three hours, three credits. 207 Selected Topics A study of selected literary works that explore significant cultural or social issues or major themes as they have been depicted or reflected in literature. The topic under consideration varies from semester to semester according to periodic assessments of the needs and interests of sophomore-level students. (Substantial writing component required. Prerequisite: ENG 102 with a grade of C or higher. Three hours, three credits . 208 Literature Across Disciplines The English Department recognizes that some non-literature courses have significant literary content as part of course design. Students taking such courses as HUM 200/300 (The Holocaust) and HUM 202/302 (African-American Studies) can,with the approval of the division chair, receive 200-level ENG credit for their work in those classes. ENG 208 counts as an elective but does not meet the literature Liberal Arts Core requirement. Prerequisite:ENG 102 with a C or higher and permission of the division chair. May be repeated only with permission of the division chair. Three hours, three credits. 162

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