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2025-2026 LCC College Catalog 
  
2025-2026 LCC College Catalog
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ENGL 256 - American Lit 1865 to Present


4 Credit Hour(s) / 4 Billing Hour(s)
General Education Category: MTA Humanities and Fine Arts

Provides a perspective on the further development of traditional American literature from 1865 (the Realism period) to contemporary literature. Features selected essays, autobiographical writings, poems, fiction, and drama from the end of the Civil War to the literature of the late 12th century, including the work of women and ethnic minorities, which have profoundly shaped American literature.

Semesters Offered: Fall
Prerequisite(s): None
Placement Scores: Reading Level 5 and Writing Level 6
Recommended: ENGL 121  or ENGL 131  and ENGL 122 
Course Note: None



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