Academic Catalog - Concordia College

ENG 211 World Literature I 3 hrs.
Survey of the literature of the ancient world, the Greeks and Hebrews, the Middle Ages and
Renaissance.
Prerequisite: ENG 112
ENG 212 World Literature I 3 hrs.
A survey of later literature from the Reformation through the twentieth century.
Prerequisite: ENG 112
ENG 213 American Literature I 3 hrs.
English 213 looks at short selections of American Literature from pre-colonial eras (before
European colonization in the 1600s) to our contemporary 1920s era; include multiple genres
(fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama); and be race- and gender-inclusive. Some attention will also
be paid to the historical/cultural contexts of the literary periods.
Prerequisite: ENG 112
ENG 214 American Literature I I 3 hrs.
English 214 examines the background and development of the American novella and novel
from 20th century to the present. Covering representative novels by such writers as
Hawthorne, Stowe, Melville, Twain, James, Dreiser, Cather, Faulkner, Ellison, Mailer, Bellow,
and Morrison, the course reflects the diversity and range of American fiction and addresses the
social and intellectual backgrounds of the writers and issues of race, class, and gender.
Prerequisite: ENG 112
ENG 221 Grammar of Written English 3 hrs.
Study of the grammar of standard written English from parts of speech to complex sentence
patterns. Designed to improve students' ability to write in standard English and to prepare
students to teach grammar.
ENG 224 African American Writers 3 hrs.
Study of African-American literature and its authors; genres include the novel, poetry and
drama.
Prerequisite: ENG 112
Foreign Languages
FLS 100 Spanish I 3 hrs.
This beginning level course is designed to give students the opportunity and ability to speak
Spanish in the present tense, combining instruction in pronunciation with practice in
conversations.
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