But you got to charge those batteries . <| sep |> I . congratulations for five years ago ? <| sep |> You can also consider 200 level English courses because the prereqs for them are having 4 . 0 FCEs aka . be in second year by status . I ' d recommend ENG 273 Y , taught by Dana Seitler she is actually a really fair grader and her lectures are really engaging . The readings though , if you ' re not about critical theory or the likes then it might not be for you because there is a portion of the texts she takes that are considered classics such as Shakespeare , Wilde , Woolf , Henry James , etc and look at things through a ' queer ' lens . She ' s one of the few profs that I know who genuinely fosters individual growth aka . actually NOT invalidate your opinion as long as it is substantiated by the text I highly recommend it honestly . I also recommend any courses taught by Michael Johnstone he usually teaches ENG 237 , ENG 239 I believe at the 200 level at least . He ' s a very kind lecturer as in , he cares a lot about his students and his readings are really good ! He made me love scifi more than I already do . Though , not gonna lie from what I can see from your post , a lot of what you like in literature are more common in a 300 level ENG course and I saw that you don ' t know if you can commit to 150 because it is a year long course . I really like Pynchon assuming we ' re talking Thomas Pynchon that is if it wasn ' t for the fact that you ' re unsure about a yearlong course I ' d recommend ENG 140 because thematically , a lot of the readings match many of the themes that Pynchon touches upon . Other courses you can consider that I haven ' t personally taken might be ENG 250 american literature . From what little of Joyce I hope you ' re talking about James Joyce otherwise this might be a bit embarrassing LMAO I ' ve read , there are DEFINITELY a good amount of 300 Level courses that would fit your area of interest . Unfortunately for 300 level ENG courses you need 2 . 0 ENG FCE at the minimum . But I ' d definitely recommend ENG 273 , it ' s a year long course but we do talk about modernist literature in the course and she ' s super passionate about it