<p>Maybe I’m missing something, but I do think Smith has survey courses in all the major periods. Yes, the American one is American lit up to 1865 (I took this, it’s a very good survey of colonial, early republic, and then 19th century literature), then 1865-1914, then I think just a general American literature. But in English they do, as far as I know, have literature survey courses, as well as the Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton that others mentioned. </p>
<p>If you’re looking just at the course catalog, you’re probably confused because the course catalog will only show the classes offered during the upcoming semester. Not all survey courses are offered every semester because they’re intended to be taken sequentially. You’d need to look at the English Department web page and go to course offerings to see the full range of courses.</p>