Language Arts Courses: World Lit 121Y



	WORLD LITERATURE/COMPOSITION 121Y HONORS COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will survey representative selections from those writers/cultures (excluding British and American) of Sumerian, Egyptian, and Hebrew literature through literature of the contemporary world and prepare the student for specific writing experiences such as literary analysis and exposition. Literary terms, vocabulary study, composition techniques and parallel reading will be incorporated. Discretion has been left to the teacher on the selection of much of this material. Teachers might individualize their instruction based in part upon the cultural make up of their classes. WRITING Review of multi paragraph paper Introduction Thesis statement Topic sentence Paragraph development Transitional devices Conclusion Literary analysis essays (minimum of 3, topic determined by teacher) Research paper Choosing and limiting a subject Preparing a working bibliography Taking notes Outlining Documenting the paper Writing first and final drafts READING/LITERATURE Sumerian, Egyptian, and Hebrew literature Historical events Cultural influences Literary developments Selected sections of The Epic of Gilgamesh Selected Egyptian works Selected sections from Hebrew literature Selections from topical articles relevant to the culture/country Literary terms appropriate to selections Persian and Arabic literature Historical events Cultural influences Literary developments The Shah-nama The Rubaiyat Selected sections from the Koran Selections of Sa’di, Hafiz,and/or Rumi From One Thousand and One Arabian Nights Selections from topical articles relevant to the culture/country Literary terms appropriate to selections Asian literature Historical events Cultural influences Literary developments Indian literature Selections from the Rig Veda Selections from the Upanishad and/or the Mahabarata and/or the Bhagavad-Gita The Panchatantra Chinese literature Selections from the philosophy Selections from the poetry Japanese literature Selections from poetry (to include Tanka and Haiku) Selections from prose Selections from topical articles relevant to the culture/country Literary terms appropriate to selections Greek literature Historical events Cultural influences Literary developments Selections from the Iliad Selections from poetry and prose Oedipus the King and/or Antigone Selections from topical articles relevant to culture/country Literary terms appropriate to selections Roman literature Historical events Cultural influences Literary developments Selections from The Aeneid Selections from poetry and prose Selections from topical articles relevant to culture/country Literary terms appropriate to selections The Middle Ages Historical events Cultural influences Literary developments Dante Alighieri’s Inferno Other selections as chosen by the teacher Selections from topical articles relevant to culture/country Literary terms appropriate to selections The Renaissance Historical events Cultural influences Literary developments Machiavelli’s The Prince Petrarch - selected poems Shakespeare if needed (for students without British Lit. credit) Other selections as chosen by the teacher Selections from topical articles relevant to the period Literary terms appropriate to the period The Age of Rationalism Historical events Cultural influences Literary developments Selections chosen by the teacher (example: Moliere, Pascal, Voltaire) Selections from topical articles relevant to the period Literary terms appropriate to the period Romanticism and Realism Historical events Cultural influences Literary developments Goethe - Faust Pushkin - selected poetry Nikolai Gogol - "The Overcoat" Leo Tolstoy - "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" Anton Chekov - "The Bet" and/or The Cherry Orchard Other prose and poetry selections as chosen by the teacher Selections from topical articles relevant to the period Literary terms appropriate to the period The modern world Historical events Cultural influences Literary developments Representative selections from Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Italy, France, Russia, Spain, and/or Greece Selections from topical articles relevant to the period Literary terms appropriate to the period The contemporary world Historical events Cultural influences Literary developments Representative selections from the Americas Representative selections form Western Europe Representative selections from Eastern Europe Representative selections from the Middle East Representative selections from Africa Representative selections from Asia Selections from topical articles relevant to the period Literary terms appropriate to the period Parallel reading Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (to be read prior to or during Indian unit) Edith Hamilton’s Mythology (to be read prior to Greek unit) Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonnus, and/or Antigone by Sophocles, Medea by Euripides USAGE/GRAMMAR Sentence errors Sentence structure Punctuation Mechanics LANGUAGE/VOCABULARY Defining words from literary selections. 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