Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a grade of "C" or better
Advisory: READ 043 or appropriate placement
Transfers to: UC, CSU
(*Students will receive credit for only one of the following courses: LIT 112B or LIT 112BH)

This course is designed for students interested in exploring American literature from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It introduces students, through class discussions and written essays, to representative writers of this period such as Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, Robert Frost, Zora Neale Hurston, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, Lorraine Hansberry, David Henry Hwang, Toni Morrison, Leslie Marmon Silko, Maxine Hong Kingston, Milcha Sanchez-Scott, and others. This course is intended for students eligible for the Honors Program.