LIT 20 - SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE TO 1776

    Recent Professors
    D. deRoulet, D. Caputo
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023
    Class Size
    30–45 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Eligibility for college-level composition (C-ID ENGL 100) as determined by college assessment or other appropriate method
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of LIT 20
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course offers a general introduction to and survey of the history of literature written in the British Isles from the pre-Norman period to the American Revolution. Emphasis is placed on major (influential or otherwise significant) texts and authors; intellectual and historical contexts within which literary works arose; the development of literary traditions, conventions, and genres; and the emergence of a "national" literature. C-ID: ENGL 160
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 11:00am–12:15pm, Mon Wed 11:30am–12:45pm, Mon Wed 9:30am–10:45am, Tue Thu 10:30am–11:45am