Catalog 2024-2025

LIT 251 Literary History I

This course introduces students to a selection of texts drawn from periods up to the age of imperialism. It examines the beginnings and development of literary traditions in classical and vernacular languages. Methodologically, the course investigates the contexts of texts and literary movements, and analyzes their genres, questions the concept of periodization, and situates literature in its cultural and historical moment(s). 

Baccalaureate Experience

(HFA)

Spartan Studies

TBH

Credits

4

Prerequisite

AWR 101

Offered

Fall semester