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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
A Midsummer Night's Dream—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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