Course Descriptions ENGL-207H
3 units
Honors American Literature: Pre-Colonial to 1865 LEC 48-54 This course chronologically surveys American writing from the precolonial period to the Civil War and examines the work of both major and minor writers. Writers are examined in an historical context and considered in light of the ethnic, literary, geographical, religious, ideological, and political environments within which they wrote. Prerequisite: Acceptance in the Honors Enrichment Program and ENGL-101 (with a grade of C or better).
ENGL-220H
3 units
--AA/AS General Education: AA/AS C
Honors Analysis of Fiction LEC 48-54 This course examines a variety of genres, periods, and authors of fiction from diverse cultural sources and perspectives. Students will explore the elements that make up fiction as well as approaches for analyzing literature so that they can enhance their enjoyment of fiction and become better critical readers of short stories and novels through interpretation, discussion, and writing. Prerequisite: Acceptance in the Honors Enrichment Program and ENGL-101 (with a grade of C or better).
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--AA/AS General Education: AA/AS C
--IGETC Area(s): 3B
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--CSU Area(s): C2
--IGETC Area(s): 3B
--C-ID ENGL 130
--CSU Area(s): C2
ENGL-208
3 units
American Literature: 1865 to Present LEC 48-54 This course chronologically surveys American writing from the postCivil War period to the present and examines the work of both major and minor writers. Writers are examined in an historical context and considered in light of the ethnic, literary, geographical, religious, ideological, and political environments within which they wrote. Prerequisite: ENGL-101 (with a grade of C or better). --AA/AS General Education: AA/AS C
ENGL-225
3 units
Film and Literature LEC 48-54 This course acquaints students with basic literary and film theory and terminology as tools for the analysis of both narrative literature and film and to explore the interplay between these two types of text. Some attention to genre and literary and film history will contextualize our discussions about the translation of literature into film. Prerequisite: ENGL-101 (with a grade of C or better). --AA/AS General Education: AA/AS C
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--IGETC Area(s): 3B
--IGETC Area(s): 3B
--CSU Area(s): C2
--CSU Area(s): C2
--C-ID ENGL 135
ENGL-208H
3 units
Honors American Literature: 1865 to Present LEC 48-54 This course chronologically surveys American writing from the postCivil War period to the present and examines the work of both major and minor writers. Writers are examined in an historical context and considered in light of the ethnic, literary, geographical, religious, ideological, and political environments within which they wrote. Prerequisite: Acceptance in the Honors Enrichment Program and ENGL-101 (with a grade of C or better).
ENGL-225H
3 units
Honors Film and Literature LEC 48-54 This course acquaints students with basic literary and film theory and terminology as tools for the analysis of both narrative literature and film and to explore the interplay between these two types of text. Some attention to genre and literary and film history will contextualize our discussions about the translation of literature into film. Prerequisite: Acceptance in the Honors Enrichment Program and ENGL-101 (with a grade of C or better). --AA/AS General Education: AA/AS C
--AA/AS General Education: AA/AS C
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--IGETC Area(s): 3B
--IGETC Area(s): 3B
--CSU Area(s): C2
--CSU Area(s): C2 --C-ID ENGL 135
ENGL-230
ENGL-220
English Literature: Anglo-Saxon to 1775 LEC 48-54 This course chronologically surveys English writing from the AngloSaxon period to 1775 and examines the work of both major and minor writers including such writers as the anonymous author of Beowulf, Chaucer, Malory, the anonymous author of Everyman, More, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, Bacon, Herrick, Herbert, Marvell, Milton, Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Boswell and Gray. Prerequisite: ENGL-101 (with a grade of C or better).
3 units
Analysis of Fiction LEC 48-54 This course examines a variety of genres, periods, and authors of fiction from diverse cultural sources and perspectives. Students will explore the elements that make up fiction as well as approaches for analyzing literature so that they can enhance their enjoyment of fiction and become better critical readers of short stories and novels through interpretation, discussion, and writing. Prerequisite: ENGL-101 (with a grade of C or better).
3 units
--AA/AS General Education: AA/AS C
--AA/AS General Education: AA/AS C
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--IGETC Area(s): 3B
--IGETC Area(s): 3B
--CSU Area(s): C2
--CSU Area(s): C2
--C-ID ENGL 160
228
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