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...Under the proposal, the required courses English 10a and 10b—as well as the pre-1800 literature, American literature, and sophomore seminar requirements—would...
...With the changes, you won’t lose any of the content of 10a and 10b,” Greenblatt said at the event. “It will trickle down to students through the professors themselves who, after all, specialize in each of these areas of English literature...
Classical Studies 97a and 97b—the sophomore tutorials on classical civilization that all concentrators must take—are also under reconsideration. Other humanities departments have already brushed aside long-standing intermediate concentration courses, as both the English and history departments have moved to eliminate their 10a and 10b requirements...
...which recently shortened its official name from “English and American Literature and Language”—one innovation is not enough. The department is currently considering a plan to reduce its concentration requirements and eventually to eliminate its introductory literature surveys, English 10a and 10b, “Modern British Writers”—“the bane of many an aspiring Harvard litterateur,” as one Crimson news article helpfully explained...
...requirement, relatively unique among elite colleges, that apparently will continue. Other mandates included a semester of American literature as well as two classes on literature before the 19th century. And the gate through which all had to pass was the year-long chronological introduction to English literature, 10a and 10b. In her wisdom, or at least in her inertia, the English Department refused to graduate concentrators who did not share a common familiarity with many of the language’s greatest works...