AP ENGLISH LITERATURE 13501

5 credits

This senior course is for advanced students in English who are capable of doing college-level work. Study in this course centers on the reading of fiction, drama, and poetry, and texts are analyzed through a variety of means (thematic, historical, formal and structural among them). Course readings represent the British and Western literary tradition, from the Ancient world and through the present. Selections represent a variety of authors, including Sophocles, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Austen, Beckett and Achebe. Students also pursue a rigorous independent reading program. This course develops students’ advanced critical reading, analytical and writing skills, oral interpretation fluency, and discussion seminar skills. Advanced work in critical writing culminates in a research paper written in the second semester. All students enrolled in AP classes are required to take the AP exam. Please note: there is a required summer assignment for this course.