Recent SemestersFall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023Class Size30 studentsCredits3PrerequisitePrerequisite Prerequisite: Successful completion of English 1500 with a grade of 'C' or better; 48 hours lecture Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionThis course introduces America?s literary traditions from their beginnings to the second half of the nineteenth century. This is a writing intensive class where students will compose 6000 to 9000 words of interpretive, analytical writing. This course emphasizes investigating historical and cultural contexts, applying reasoned analysis, and comparing themes and structures of different texts. 