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...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...
Half of the new quartet of requirements may use some of the same material from 10a and 10b, according to one English professor who preferred not to be named. The courses could be smaller, a contrast to the impersonal lecture halls that have become familiar to concentrators...
They replace the requirements for a class on American literature; two courses on literature from before the 19th century; and 10a and 10b...
...personally hated 10a and 10b, so that sounds great to me,” said Daniel R. Pecci ’09 when told of the proposal. “For the most part, it seems to repeat of a lot of what we learned in high school rather than allow you to pursue your passions in the department...