ENGL 10C
Literatures in English, 1850 to Present
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: English Composition 3 or 3H, English 4W or 4HW, 10A, 10B. Survey of major writers and genres, with emphasis on tools for literary analysis such as close reading, argumentation, historical and social context, and critical writing. Minimum of three papers (three to five pages each) or equivalent required. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2020 - This class with Cohen and Grossman was the easiest college class I have taken here. No final, no midterm, only a short first paper, an easy, short project, and a six page final paper. They’re both really entertaining, although I liked Cohen more because he was more clear and concise. Grossman tends to get off track and ramble over students, although I still really liked him because of his enthusiasm. If you need to take 10C, take it with these guys, it’s worth it.
Winter 2020 - This class with Cohen and Grossman was the easiest college class I have taken here. No final, no midterm, only a short first paper, an easy, short project, and a six page final paper. They’re both really entertaining, although I liked Cohen more because he was more clear and concise. Grossman tends to get off track and ramble over students, although I still really liked him because of his enthusiasm. If you need to take 10C, take it with these guys, it’s worth it.
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Spring 2017 - Professor Grossman is honestly the best. He is so incredibly helpful and encourages you to go to OH. I went a couple of times and it was great because he really gets a conversation going. In lecture, he is incredibly interesting to listen to. He begins each lecture with a mini thesis and then helps the class understand his argument. It is great. Sometimes he does get kinda confusing....but he will openly admit this and rewind to make sure everyone is caught up. He really cares about feedback and making the class catered to his students...Grading is heavily dependent on your TA though. (I had Crescent Rainwater...2/10 do not recommend) BUT if Professor Grossman likes you, he will intercede on your behalf.
Spring 2017 - Professor Grossman is honestly the best. He is so incredibly helpful and encourages you to go to OH. I went a couple of times and it was great because he really gets a conversation going. In lecture, he is incredibly interesting to listen to. He begins each lecture with a mini thesis and then helps the class understand his argument. It is great. Sometimes he does get kinda confusing....but he will openly admit this and rewind to make sure everyone is caught up. He really cares about feedback and making the class catered to his students...Grading is heavily dependent on your TA though. (I had Crescent Rainwater...2/10 do not recommend) BUT if Professor Grossman likes you, he will intercede on your behalf.
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Spring 2018 - I was one of the few people in my discussion who genuinely enjoyed attending lecture. She's adorable and a bit eccentric and quite clearly adores teaching. Her lectures tend to be quite lacking in structure, and many of my peers had difficulty ascertaining what exactly they should be taking notes on. My advice would be to make a note of which passages she discusses, as well as paying attention to the important historical contexts or styles/literary devices/themes that she points out. She is, for the most part, extremely approachable, considerate, and kind. If your paper is randomly chosen to be graded by her, she will be a bit harsh and leave at most two comments. However, you will have 3 short essays (4 pages!) to prove yourself, and the first one will only count 10% of your grade. I found it most helpful to hound my TA when planning my essays. There is no midterm, and the final is graded more kindly than the essays are. Our final had (if I'm remembering correctly) 17 ID terms, and you only needed to correctly identify 15 of them, with the full title and the writer's full name. There is poetry explication, and then a final long essay in which you are given two "big ideas" and you pick one to write about. It's definitely very helpful to keep up with the reading, but I'll admit that I fell behind on most of the longer works. Reading detailed summaries and taking really good lecture notes will carry you through just fine. I really did enjoy this class, though ultimately the most electrifying lecture had been given by one of the TAs. Nevertheless, I would highly recommend taking 10C with Jaurretche!
Spring 2018 - I was one of the few people in my discussion who genuinely enjoyed attending lecture. She's adorable and a bit eccentric and quite clearly adores teaching. Her lectures tend to be quite lacking in structure, and many of my peers had difficulty ascertaining what exactly they should be taking notes on. My advice would be to make a note of which passages she discusses, as well as paying attention to the important historical contexts or styles/literary devices/themes that she points out. She is, for the most part, extremely approachable, considerate, and kind. If your paper is randomly chosen to be graded by her, she will be a bit harsh and leave at most two comments. However, you will have 3 short essays (4 pages!) to prove yourself, and the first one will only count 10% of your grade. I found it most helpful to hound my TA when planning my essays. There is no midterm, and the final is graded more kindly than the essays are. Our final had (if I'm remembering correctly) 17 ID terms, and you only needed to correctly identify 15 of them, with the full title and the writer's full name. There is poetry explication, and then a final long essay in which you are given two "big ideas" and you pick one to write about. It's definitely very helpful to keep up with the reading, but I'll admit that I fell behind on most of the longer works. Reading detailed summaries and taking really good lecture notes will carry you through just fine. I really did enjoy this class, though ultimately the most electrifying lecture had been given by one of the TAs. Nevertheless, I would highly recommend taking 10C with Jaurretche!
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Winter 2017 - Lopez is honestly such a great professor. She is engaging, funny, and very hip. She can sometimes get pretty political in her lectures which bothers some people, but I think it's awesome because she really tries to relate course material to current events and make it relevant. Her lectures tend to be pretty heavy on the history behind pieces of literature, and instead of doing a lot of close reading in class she instead poses lots of big questions and ideas that students should think about regarding the texts. Class is graded as so: In class work - 5% Section Grade - 15% Essay 1 - 15% Group Project - 20% Essay 2 - 25% Final - 20% The group project generally bums people out when they see it on the syllabus, and I was definitely dreading having to do it. But it's actually pretty cool, it's basically just creating a database of a bunch of primary, secondary, etc etc sources on an author of your group's choice. Lopez also is very lenient with the grading and everyone does really well on the project--she mainly just makes the group project a thing because she wants students to learn how to use the library. Overall, 10C was great and very well balanced in terms of assignments and grading. Would definitely recommend taking Lopez--she is fair, interesting, engaging, and just super cool.
Winter 2017 - Lopez is honestly such a great professor. She is engaging, funny, and very hip. She can sometimes get pretty political in her lectures which bothers some people, but I think it's awesome because she really tries to relate course material to current events and make it relevant. Her lectures tend to be pretty heavy on the history behind pieces of literature, and instead of doing a lot of close reading in class she instead poses lots of big questions and ideas that students should think about regarding the texts. Class is graded as so: In class work - 5% Section Grade - 15% Essay 1 - 15% Group Project - 20% Essay 2 - 25% Final - 20% The group project generally bums people out when they see it on the syllabus, and I was definitely dreading having to do it. But it's actually pretty cool, it's basically just creating a database of a bunch of primary, secondary, etc etc sources on an author of your group's choice. Lopez also is very lenient with the grading and everyone does really well on the project--she mainly just makes the group project a thing because she wants students to learn how to use the library. Overall, 10C was great and very well balanced in terms of assignments and grading. Would definitely recommend taking Lopez--she is fair, interesting, engaging, and just super cool.
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Winter 2018 - Overall I think this was the easiest class of the 10 series. We didn't have to purchase a North Anthology for the class, Professor North made sure to put the cheapest books for us to buy at the textbook store. His classes were lectured-based and as long as you paid attention in class, I think you would do well in this class.
Winter 2018 - Overall I think this was the easiest class of the 10 series. We didn't have to purchase a North Anthology for the class, Professor North made sure to put the cheapest books for us to buy at the textbook store. His classes were lectured-based and as long as you paid attention in class, I think you would do well in this class.
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