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Course Info for ENGL - 105 - 02, Spring 2026
Class number: 2683 Title: This American Experiment, Pt 2 Department: English
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 35 Current enrollment: 19 Available seats: 16
Start date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 End date: Friday, May 8, 2026 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM, MC - AUD Instructor(s): Mrozowski, Daniel
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement
Note: For majors, this course fulfills the requirement of an additional 100 level-course or a post 1800 requirement/elective/additional literature or film course.
Course Description:
In the United States, literary works have played crucial roles in public controversies and fueled social change. Wielding the written word and the printing press, among other media cultural producers have protested injustice and galvanized reform movements that continue to inform American voices today. Students in this course will explore how literature has responded to-and still refracts for us-the most consequential experiences of American generations past and present: Indian removal, the Civil War, and racial segregation; urbanization, mass immigration, and labor conflict; suffrage; Civil Rights, feminism, globalization, environmental devastation, and Black Lives Matter. (This course is a continuation of ENGL 104, but students are welcome to enroll without taking ENGL 104.)