AP English Literature & Composition
(Units: 1.0)

AP English Literature and Composition employs a variety of multimedia and interactive activities, interpretive writing assignments, and class discussions to help students assess and improve their skills and knowledge. The course places special emphasis on reading comprehension, structural and critical analysis of written works, and recognizing and understanding literary devices.

The equivalent of an introductory college-level survey course, AP English Literature and Composition prepares students for the AP Exam and for further study in communications, creative writing, journalism, literature, and composition.

Course cost: $350 / student / semester + required texts

For required and optional texts see link on main menu.

Course topics
       The Reading and Writing Processes
      Fiction and Poetry: Literature of Examination
            Stories of Personal Exploration
            Poems of Faith and Doubt
      Drama: Lives in Crisis
            Hedda Gabler
            A Streetcar Named Desire
      Poetry: Love and Separation
            Love Desired
            Love Questioned
            Love Denied
      Long Fiction: Their Eyes Were Watching God
      Drama: Shakespearean Comedy: Twelfth Night
      Victorian Era Literature: Jane Eyre
      Nineteenth-Century Literature: British and American Authors
      Turn-of-the-Century Literature
      Modern Literature
      The American Dream
      New Voices

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