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  • ENGL 227: english Literature, 1900- Present

    3.00 Credits
    Antelope Valley College

    3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. The concentration of this course is on the poetry, prose, and drama produced in England from 1900 to the present. Students are introduced to some of the historical, cultural, religious, and social issues which helped shape the ideas of the times including literary and cultural movements. Standard literary terminology is introduced. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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  • ENGL 230: masterpieces of World Literature: Antiquity to The Renaissance

    3.00 Credits
    Antelope Valley College

    3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. This transfer-level course surveys Western and non-Western works of literature, with an emphasis on literature in translation. Students read, discuss, and write about drama, poetry, and narrative from Antiquity to the Renaissance. They are introduced to contemporary academic scholarship surrounding World Literature; they also learn about, and apply, rhetorical and literary-critical methods for reading it. As literature generally in translation, it is reflected upon, not just in its historical context, but in its appropriation, over time and space, by subsequent readers, writers, artists, translators, and filmmakers. This survey is characterized by critical thinking, close textual reading, class discussion, and analytic writing. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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  • ENGL 231: masterpieces of World Literature: Since The Renaissance

    3.00 Credits
    Antelope Valley College

    3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. This transfer-level course surveys Western and non-Western works of literature, with an emphasis on literature in translation. Students read, discuss, and write about drama, poetry, and narrative since the Renaissance. They are introduced to contemporary academic scholarship surrounding World Literature; they also learn about, and apply, rhetorical and literary-critical methods for reading it. As literature generally in translation, it is reflected upon, not just in its historical context, but in its appropriation, over time and space, by subsequent readers, writers, artists, translators, and filmmakers. This survey is characterized by critical thinking, close textual reading, class discussion, and analytic writing. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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  • ENGL 233: bible as Literature- Old Testament

    3.00 Credits
    Antelope Valley College

    3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. This transfer-level course surveys the Old Testament as a work of literature in translation. Students read, discuss, and write about a substantial and representative selection of its texts. They are introduced to contemporary academic scholarship surrounding the Old Testament, both literary and historical; they also learn about, and apply, rhetorical and literary-critical methods for reading it. As literature in translation, the Old Testament is reflected upon, not just in its historical context, but in its appropriation, over time and space, by subsequent readers, writers, artists, translators, and filmmakers. This survey is characterized by critical thinking, close textual reading, class discussion, and analytic writing. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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  • ENGL 234: bible as Literature- New Testament

    3.00 Credits
    Antelope Valley College

    3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. This transfer-level course surveys the New Testament as a work of literature in translation. Students read, discuss, and write about a substantial and representative selection of its texts. They are introduced to contemporary academic scholarship surrounding the New Testament, both literary and historical; they also learn about, and apply, rhetorical and literary-critical methods for reading it. As literature in translation, the New Testament is reflected upon, not just in its historical context, but in its appropriation, over time and space, by subsequent readers, writers, artists, translators, and filmmakers. This survey is characterized by critical thinking, close textual reading, class discussion, and analytic writing. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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  • ENGL 235: shakespeare: Tragedies And Histories

    3.00 Credits
    Antelope Valley College

    (formerly same course as THA 235) 3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. This transfer level course studies the works of William Shakespeare, focusing on a minimum of five representative plays (tragedies and histories), with emphasis upon their structure, linguistic artistry, and significance. Attention is given both to the historical context (Shakespeare's life; the philosophical, aesthetic, cultural, and sociological realities of the Renaissance; and the conventions of the Elizabethan/Jacobean theatre), in addition to the relevance of Shakespeare's work to today's audiences. The course includes extensive critical reading and analytical writing.(CSU, UC, AVC)
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  • ENGL 236: shakespeare: Comedies, Romances And Sonnets

    3.00 Credits
    Antelope Valley College

    (formerly same course as THA 236) 3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. This transfer level course studies the works of William Shakespeare, focusing on a minimum of five representative plays (comedies and romances) and the sonnets, with emphasis upon genre, structure, linguistic artistry, and significance. Attention is given both to the historical context (Shakespeare's life; the philosophical, aesthetic, cultural, and sociological realities of the Renaissance; and the conventions of the Elizabethan/ Jacobean theatre), in addition to the relevance of Shakespeare's work to today's audiences. The course includes extensive critical reading and analytical writing. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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  • ENGL 240: studies in Poetry

    3.00 Credits
    Antelope Valley College

    3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. This course is designed to introduce students to the study of poetry as a literary form. The course will provide an historical perspective on the development of poetry through reading of representative selections from various periods. The main focus of the course will be understanding the elements of poetry and developing the skills to interpret and judge poetry of varying types. The course will also offer students the opportunity to improve critical reading and writing skills. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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  • ENGL 242: studies in Fiction: The Short Story

    3.00 Credits
    Antelope Valley College

    3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. The course introduces the student to the study of short fiction, emphasizing (in the early part of the course) the history and origins of the form. Famous examples of early short stories are taught, with more recent works being emphasized in the mid and latter part of the course. The basic terminology of literary criticism is also taught, so that students may employ this terminology in the writing required for the course. Students are introduced to the practice of reading and writing critically and analytically and of responding to literature with some amount of intellectual objectivity. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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  • ENGL 244: studies in Fiction: The Novel

    3.00 Credits
    Antelope Valley College

    3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101. This course is a study of selected novels with major emphasis on the ways in which these novels reflect efforts to make the world meaningful. Further emphasis will lie in textual analysis: structure, ideas, symbology. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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