2025 Fall
ENGLISH 45C 001 - LEC 001
Literature in English: The Mid-19th through the Mid-20th Century
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
118
Enrolled: 18
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 136
Waitlist Max: 24
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week, 9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 2 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week.
Other classes by Dora Zhang
Course Catalog Description
Historical survey of literature in English: the mid-19th through the mid-20th century.
Class Description
This course will survey a range of modern English-language literature (novels, poetry, and drama), paying particular attention to the ways in which literary form has responded to the rapid social and cultural changes of modernity. These include urbanization and globalization, rapid technological growth, the unprecedented violence of two world wars, imperialism and decolonization, and shifting definitions of racial, gender, sexual, and national identities.
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
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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