TRANSFER EQUIVALENT, NO W CREDIT. Study of representative selections, including writers such as Bradstreet, Poe, Hawthorne, Emerson, Melville, Stowe, and Douglass. Students will develop close reading skills through writing and discussion, and they will learn to analyze and compare literary works. Literary texts are also discussed in relation to their cultural and historical contexts, and students will develop an understanding of different genres. *Prerequisite: ENG 102.