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ENGLISH/LITERATURE
Some courses in the English Department are designed for students with a recommended level of skills and knowledge. De Anza uses a variety of assessment methods – including placement tests, high school transcripts and high school GPA – to place students in the best course sequence for them to succeed. Students who have not been assessed or who are unsure of their placement should contact the Assessment Center: deanza.edu/assessment.
ELIT 22 Mythology and Folklore 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An intercultural survey of prehistoric, historic, and contemporary world mythology and folklore which examines the relationship between a culture’s myths and folktales and its art, literature, and social values.
ELIT 24 Asian Paci c American Literature 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211 (or LART 211), or ESL 272 and 273.
(Also listed as ICS 24. Students may enroll in either department, but not both,
for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Introduction to Asian Paci c American literature. Through readings in twentieth and twenty- rst century works, students will explore and analyze identity issues related to complexities of identity as it relates to class, gender, mixed heritages, and sexuality; politics and the history of Asian American activism and resistance to cultural marginalization; and diversity of cultures and experiences within the Asian Paci c American community.
ELIT 38 Utopian/Dystopian Literature 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Critical examination of texts of this genre, with particular attention to contemporary (postwar) dystopian novels, and with additional readings at instructor’s discretion from political theory/philosophy, cultural studies, or other sources that foreground issues or themes implicit in the literary texts.
ELIT 39 Contemporary Literature 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Critical examination of representative, contemporary literary works of the post-WWII period, with emphasis on more recent works and intercultural o erings. Attention to key trends, styles, and issues in a global context.
ELIT 40 African American Literature 4 Units
(Formerly ELIT 60.)
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Examines signi cant authors, movements, and traditions in African American literature from the era of slavery to the present. Attention to key trends, styles, and issues related to race in the United States.
ELIT 41 Ethnic Literature of the United States 4 Units
(Formerly ELIT 61.)
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ELIT 41H.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Examines signi cant authors, movements, and traditions (continuing as well as emerging) in a diverse range of ethnic literature of the United States.
ELIT 41H Ethnic Literature of the United 4 Units States - HONORS
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ELIT 41.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Examines signi cant authors, movements, and traditions (continuing as well as emerging) in a diverse range of ethnic literature of the United States. As an honors course, the students will be expected to complete extra assignments to gain deeper insight in Ethnic literature of the United States.
ELIT 44 International Literature (Fiction) 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Reading and critical analysis of representative works of international ction, including works from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Paci c Islands, and Australia. Literary, cultural, and cross-cultural interpretation, evaluation, and comparison of short stories and novels.
ELIT 46A Major British Writers 4 Units (Medieval and Renaissance)
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ELIT 46A.)
Prerequisite: EWRT 211 and READ 211 (or LART 211), or ESL 272 and 273. Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Reading and critical analysis of representative works by major writers such as Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton.
All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
ELIT 8
Children’s Literature
4 Units
(Formerly ELIT 58.)
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211 (or LART 211), or ESL 272 and 273.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Study of the literature of children (pre-elementary through young adult) with an emphasis on poetry, picture books, folk tales, myths, ction, fantasy, and non ction from a variety of cultures, ethnicities and historical periods. Evaluation of the literary quality and the cultural and historical meaning of individual works. Study of the use of children’s literature as an educational tool both in the classroom and outside of it.
ELIT 10 Introduction to Fiction 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) (Not open to students with credit in ELIT 10H.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Intensive study of ction; reading, discussion and analysis of structure and meaning in selected novels and short stories.
ELIT 10H Introduction to Fiction - HONORS 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ELIT 10.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Intensive study of ction; reading, discussion and analysis of structure and meaning in selected novels and short stories. As an honors course, the students will be expected to complete extra assignments to gain deeper insight into ction.
ELIT 11 Introduction to Poetry 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Intensive study of poetry; reading, discussion, and analysis of structure and meaning in selected poems.
ELIT 12 Introduction to Dramatic Literature 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Intensive study of dramatic literature through reading, discussion, and analysis of structure and meaning in selected plays.
ELIT 17 Introduction to Shakespeare 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) (Not open to students with credit in ELIT 17H.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Analysis of representative Shakespearean sonnets, histories, tragedies, and comedies, placed within the literary and social context of the Renaissance as well as the context of contemporary culture.
ELIT 17H Introduction to Shakespeare - HONORS 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
(Not open to students with credit in ELIT 17.)
(Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.) Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Analysis of representative Shakespearean sonnets, histories, tragedies, and comedies, placed within the literary and social context of the Renaissance as well as the context of contemporary culture. As an honors course, the students will be expected to complete extra assignments to gain deeper insight in English literature.
ELIT 19 Introduction to the Bible as Literature 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to the study of the Bible, in English, from a literary, cultural, and historical point of view, with consideration of its in uence on our culture. Selected readings from Hebrew Bible, Greek New Testament, and Apocrypha.
ELIT 21 Women in Literature 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
(Also listed as WMST 21. Students may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Intensive study of representative literary works by or about women including an analysis of di erent historical, cultural, and critical perspectives.
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