Historical Literature. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisites: ENGL 102 with a grade of C or higher, and one History and Humanities GER 200 level course with a grade of C or higher. Sources of fiction and drama are often based on historical personalities and actual incidents. Examines a number of such works. Original historical material is compared with the literary work it inspired, thus providing insights into the nature of the creative process and the purposes of the historian and the creative writer. This course satisfies the three credit 300 GER in History and Humanities.