Literature and Creative Writing
Upcoming Courses for Summer 2026
ENGL 228: Survey of Latina/o/x Literature new window
CRN: 42751
ENGLISH 228 celebrates drama, fiction, and poetry written in the last 60 years in English and Spanish (available in translation) by writers in the United States who are of Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Salvadoran heritage. Major themes include identity construction, cultural duality, immigration, and language blending, as well as social justice issues, including racism, discrimination, and the search for belonging. No quizzes or exams. All reading materials available in Blackboard. This course satisfies a Gen Ed Humanities and Cultural Diversity requirement.
Upcoming Courses for Fall 2026
ENGL 211: Survey of American Literature I
CRN: 22831
American author and activist James Baldwin reminds us that "history is literally present
in all that we do." If that's true, understanding America's past is crucial to understanding
its present. In ENGL 211, we'll explore voices, stories, and ideas from America's
past. We'll look at how a diverse group of authors told their own American stories—stories
of power, loss, hope, oppression, violence, idealism, and attempts at democracy. Come
read beautiful, painful, forceful, hopeful, despairing texts and understand how the
American past creates our American present—and maybe the future.
BIO: Professor Rebecca Eggenschwiler has been teaching both literature and composition
at 蘑菇视频 for over ten years. She earned her Master's in English with
an emphasis on antebellum American Literature from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
She loves teaching literature and most enjoys active classroom discussions with students
around texts, ideas, and language.
ENGL 190: Introduction to Literature new window
CRN: 23963
In this course, we enter literature as a living space where words carry memory, identity and truth. Through poetry, fiction, and drama, students will learn to read closely, think deeply, and write with intention. We will engage voices that challenge, reveal, and remember. You are invited not only to study stories, but to encounter them and, in doing so, better understand the world and yourself.
ENGL 228: Survey of Latina/O/X Literature new window
CRN: 22854
This fully online course explores the complex identity of being Latino/a/x in the United States through the powerful words of diverse authors from Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban, Mexican, nd Salvadorean backgrounds. Students will engage with works by acclaimed writers such as Julia Alvarez, Junot Diaz, Esmeralda Santiago, Elizabeth Acevedo, Jose B. Gonzalez, and more!
As a Z-course, all materials are provided at no additional cost, eliminating textbook purchases. Weekly reading analyses will guide discussions on universal themes experienced through a Latinx lens, including:
- Coming of age narratives and identity formation
- Navigating feelings of cultural displacement and outsider status
- Stories of resilience and defying societal expectations
- Intergenerational conflicts
- Negotiating the complexities of cultural heritage
This course fulfills both Humanities distribution and Global Cultural Perspectives
requirements.
The asynchronous format allows students to engage with the material on their own schedule
without required Zoom meetings.
For questions or more information, please contact: Dr. Emily Rosado | Emily.Rosado@montgomerycollege.edu
Why Take a Literature Class?
- Good preparation for jobs in education, journalism, law, business, marketing/advertising, publishing, library sciences, curation, video game narration/design, TV production, human resources, nonprofit work, art, editing, and more.
- Leads to more employability and personal development.
- Teaches you to reflect on the world around you and your place in it.
- Teaches you to consider alternate perspectives.
- Teaches critical thinking and effective communication skills, both of which are necessary for professional success.
- Makes you more appealing to four-year schools in a competitive environment.
- Taking literature classes shows transfer schools a specialization and a set of skills that are highly sought after.
- Medical schools are seeking more collaboration with English as well as recruiting more and more applicants with English degrees.
- Reading literature can strengthen human connections, expands perspectives, and provide inspiration!
- It’s fun!