Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (ISBN-13: 9780345514400)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (ISBN-13: 9780440180296)
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (ISBN-13: 9780358213260)
The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca (ISBN-13: 9780374523329)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (ISBN-13: 9780385722209)
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (ISBN-13: 9780375714573)
How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
(Although this text is not "required," students who read it can count it towards our optional Independent Reading assignment.)
This reading list can get expensive, and when possible costs have been considered in the selections of certain texts/versions. Please let me know if a financial situation makes purchase of these texts difficult.
Where I have specified a certain edition or ISBN (International Standard Book Numbers), it is imperative that you order that exact copy of the book. It is very important that you have your own UNMARKED copies of these books to help you in your original analysis and annotation of these texts. *None of the required texts listed above will be permitted in electronic format. We frequently refer to specific page numbers in class discussions, and you must be able to find specific pages quickly and accurately.