ENGLT 311    English Literature    3 Units

Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGWR 300.
General Education: AA/AS Area I; CSU Area C2; IGETC Area 3B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: Survey of significant works of major English authors from the beginning of Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century to the poetry of Dylan Thomas in the Twentieth Century, with consideration of the important aspects of English literary history.

Schedule: Full Term, Jan 17-May 20
TTh          10:30AM-11:50AM   LEC   L.Gale               CRC MAIN BS 112A     27686

ENGLT 321    American Literature    3 Units

Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGWR 300.
General Education: AA/AS Area I; CSU Area C2; IGETC Area 3B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: Students will survey the representative works in American Literature after the Civil War.

Schedule: Full Term, Jan 17-May 20
T            07:00PM-10:05PM   LEC   N.Hom                CRC MAIN BS 119      31046

ENGLT 330    African American Literature    3 Units

Prerequisite: ENGWR 101 with a grade of "C" or better; Eligibility for ENGWR 300.
General Education: AA/AS Area I; CSU Area C2; IGETC Area 3B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: A survey of the most representative African American writers from the slave narrative to the present. The comprehensive literary study includes analysis of significant historical and cultural influences.

Schedule: Full Term, Jan 17-May 20
MW           01:30PM-02:50PM   LEC   M.Lewis              CRC MAIN BS 120      28042

ENGLT 336    Race and Ethnicity in Contemporary American Literature    3 Units

Prerequisite: ENGWR 101 with a grade of "C" or better; or placement through the assessment process.
General Education: AA/AS Area I; AA/AS Area VI; CSU Area C2; IGETC Area 3B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This class will examine literature written in the United States during the last 50 years in which the issues of race and racism, ethnicity and ethnocentrism, and culture and assimilation predominate the thematic concerns. All genres will be examined, as well as writers from many of the ethnic groups in America, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans.

Schedule: Full Term, Jan 17-May 20
TBA          TBA               LEC   K.Pratt              CRC MAIN Online     26760
 Class number 26760 is an online course. 
Orientation: Saturday, January 17, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m., LRC-203
Final : Saturday, May 16, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m., LRC-203

Note: Attendance for the entire orientation period is required for this class.

ENGLT 340    World Literature    3 Units

Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGWR 300
General Education: AA/AS Area I; AA/AS Area VI; CSU Area C2; IGETC Area 3B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course will acquaint students with a diverse range of literature from the Ancient World through the Renaissance. Students will identify the commonalities and differences in the myths, epic poetry, philosophy, sacred texts, lyric poetry, prose, and drama of early Middle Eastern, Asian, African, South American, European, and North American literatures. Moreover, students will analyze issues of ethnicity, ethnocentrism, racism, ageism, classism, gender inequity, and religious difference in this literature as a means of developing a common foundation for cultural awareness and tolerance. From this process, students will develop an appreciation for world literature and an understanding of how ethnocentrism, ethnicity, sexism, and racism have affected our institutions, attitudes, and thoughts, and a common foundation for cultural awareness and tolerance.

Schedule: Full Term, Jan 17-May 20
TTh          12:00PM-01:20PM   LEC   S.Coelho             CRC MAIN BS 112A     31049