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Literature Selections (English 106 or equivalent must be completed first)

ENG 201         World Literary Masterpieces I   Comparative study of literary masterpieces from ancient times through the Renaissance. Satisfies writing requirement. Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.

ENG 202         World Literary Masterpieces II     Comparative study of literary masterpieces from the Renaissance to the present. Satisfies writing requirement. Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.

ENG 205         Jewish Literature   Selections from the Bible, the Talmud, the Kabbalah, medieval poetry and prose, Yiddish and Sephardic literature, and contemporary American and Israeli writers. Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.

ENG 210         Literary Themes and Topics   Literary analysis and practice in critical writing through the study of selected works; themes and topics vary by semester. Course may not be repeated. Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.

ENG 211         English Literature I   Selected readings from the middle ages to the late 18th century. Satisfies writing requirement. Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.

ENG 212         English Literature II   Selected readings from the late 18th century to the present. Satisfies writing requirement. Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.

ENG 213         American Literature I    Selected American authors prior to the Civil War. Satisfies writing requirement.  Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.

ENG 214         American Literature II    Selected American authors from the Civil War to the present. Satisfies writing requirement. Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.

ENG 215         English and American Literature by Women   A survey of women writers from the Middle Ages to the present; explores the female literary tradition and women's relationship to culture and society. Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.

ENG 220         Introduction to Poetry   Introduction to the forms of poetry through the analysis of representative poems.  Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.

ENG 221         Introduction to Fiction  Forms of prose fiction and the analysis of representative short stories and novels.  Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.

ENG 260         African-American Literature   Selected readings of the eighteenth century to the present. Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.

ENG 261         Literature of the Americas   Selected readings from North, Central, and South American, and Caribbean literatures from their origins to the present. Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.

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