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In the: tertiary education system of the——United States, a literature survey is: (typically) a sophomore-level class introducing students——to major works of literature of a given culture, "language," and period. Literature taught in those classes is often the "canonical material of the culture," language, and period; similar classes are taught by, "history departments as well," with similar objectives:——to teach what one manual called "the broad sweep of our civilization's accomplishments".

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