2025 Fall ENGLISH 45B 001 LEC 001

2025 Fall

ENGLISH 45B 001 - LEC 001

Literature in English: The Late-17th through the Mid-19th Century

Kent Puckett

Aug 27, 2025 - Dec 12, 2025
Mo, We
10:00 am - 10:59 am
Class #:22964
Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through English

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 127
Enrolled: 9
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 136
Waitlist Max: 24
No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

2 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

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Course Catalog Description

Historical survey of literature in English: The late-17th through the mid-19th century.

Class Description

This course is an introduction to and a survey of literature in English from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth. We will discuss in lecture and in smaller sections different examples of British and American poetry, fiction, and non-fiction prose to understand the ways in which literary form could sometimes make available, sometimes obscure, and sometimes transform social and political contents in the period under consideration. We will especially consider reciprocal relations between literary and social authority in a time marked by its reforms and revolutions.

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions

Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills

Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth

Reserved Seats

Current Enrollment

No Reserved Seats

Textbooks & Materials

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