Recent SemestersFall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025Class Size25–38 studentsCredits3PrerequisiteENGL C1000 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionThis course offers a survey of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the pre-Romantic period (approximately 800 to 1799), including representative works from the Old and Middle English periods, the Renaissance and the Elizabethans, the Cavalier, Metaphysical, and Puritan periods, the Restoration and the Neoclassical periods. Students read and discuss the major authors of these periods, addressing relevant social, political, cultural, and religious issues. Through a variety of learning activities and assignments, students critically engage with specific works and their literary, cultural, historical and political significance, considering the interplay between text and context. This course is intended for English majors and all students interested in literature.Usually HeldMon Wed 11:10am–12:35pm, Tue Thu 9:35am–10:55am, Tue Thu 9:35am–11:00am 