Recent SemestersFall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023Class Size30–40 studentsCredits3PrerequisiteENGL V02 or eligibility to enroll in English Composition ( ENGL C1000 ) as determined by the college's multiple measures assessment process Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionThis course introduces students to America’s literary traditions from their beginnings to the second half of the nineteenth century. Topics will include the literature of Puritanism, reason and revolution, transcendentalism, romanticism, the Civil War and its related subjects, abolition and slavery. Multicultural contributions to early American texts include those of the primary groups--Native American, African American, Hispanic American writers--and commentators on the young republic. Readings will encompass both the traditional canon and more recent, multicultural sources.Usually HeldTue Thu 10:00am–11:15am 