ENGL 170A
American Literature, 1865 to 1900
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, and 10C, or 11 and 87. Historical survey of American literature from end of Civil War to beginning of 20th century, including writers such as Howells, James, Twain, Norris, Dickinson, Crane, Chesnutt, Gilman, and others working in modes of realist and naturalist novel, regional and vernacular prose, and poetry. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Spring 2024 - 170A with Cola was a nice break from the stem classes I'm usually taking. 4 T/F quizzes with short essays, two take home papers and an ID final, well worth my time. Though I didn't like the content studied in this class all that much (maybe besides two or three of the things we read), I feel Colacurcio pointed out parts I wouldn't necessarily have noticed in the few times I did attend lecture. No, attendance isn't necessarily mandatory, but unless you're an office hours person like I am, good luck knowing/understanding anything on the quizzes and final. So attend classes, TAKE NOTES or sink because you won't understand anything otherwise, and attend office hours to learn something worthwhile. He's a great professor if you listen enough to participate/attend OH enough to understand what you need to learn.
Spring 2024 - 170A with Cola was a nice break from the stem classes I'm usually taking. 4 T/F quizzes with short essays, two take home papers and an ID final, well worth my time. Though I didn't like the content studied in this class all that much (maybe besides two or three of the things we read), I feel Colacurcio pointed out parts I wouldn't necessarily have noticed in the few times I did attend lecture. No, attendance isn't necessarily mandatory, but unless you're an office hours person like I am, good luck knowing/understanding anything on the quizzes and final. So attend classes, TAKE NOTES or sink because you won't understand anything otherwise, and attend office hours to learn something worthwhile. He's a great professor if you listen enough to participate/attend OH enough to understand what you need to learn.
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Fall 2019 - Fair warning, if you ask for letters of rec, he is unlikely to help you with one…I took 2 classes with Prof. Salway and received an A+ in both (plus going to office hours and participating in class), and he still did not respond to my request for an LoR. I am happily now at Harvard for grad school, so I’m thankful it worked out, but I would not say Salway is a good bet for someone to vouch for you.
Fall 2019 - Fair warning, if you ask for letters of rec, he is unlikely to help you with one…I took 2 classes with Prof. Salway and received an A+ in both (plus going to office hours and participating in class), and he still did not respond to my request for an LoR. I am happily now at Harvard for grad school, so I’m thankful it worked out, but I would not say Salway is a good bet for someone to vouch for you.
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