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“For me, Art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sorts of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end. A little bit of hunger, but also satisfaction.” ~Toni Morrison
Introductory Text
How to Read Literature Like a Professor—Thomas C. Foster textbook 1st Edition 2003/ Revised Edition 2014/ 3rd Edition 2024
Core Texts
They Say / I Say (4th High School Edition)—Graff and Birkenstein textbook
No Exit—Jean Paul Sartre play 1944
The Awakening—Kate Chopin novel 1899
Oedipus the King (aka Oedipus Rex & Oedipus Tyrannus)—Sophocles drama 420 BCE (I recommend the Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama edition.)
Beloved—Toni Morrison novel 1987
The Winter's Tale—William Shakespeare drama 1600
Additional independent reading will be chosen from this list of texts referenced on previous AP Literature exams.
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