COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will survey representative selections from those writers of the Roman period through the contemporary world (excluding British and American) and prepare the student for specific writing experiences such as literary analysis, exposition, and the research paper. 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.

1. WRITING
1. Review of multi-paragraph essay (minimum of 1; selection of topic by teacher)
2. Literary analysis (minimum of 1; selection of topic by teacher)
3. Research paper
1. Choosing and limiting a subject
2. Preparing a working bibliography
3. Taking notes
4. Outlining
5. Documenting the paper
6. Writing first and final drafts
   
   
2. READING/LITERATURE
1. Roman literature
1. Historical events
2. Cultural influences
3. Literary developments
1. Selections from The Aeneid
2. Selections from poetry and prose
3. Selections from topical articles relevant to culture/country
4. Literary terms appropriate to selections
2. The Middle Ages
1. Historical events
2. Cultural influences
3. Literary developments
1. Dante Alighieri’s Inferno
2. Other selections as chosen by the teacher
3. Selections from topical articles relevant to culture/country
4. Literary terms appropriate to selections
3. The Renaissance
1. Historical events
2. Cultural influences
3. Literary developments
1. Machiavelli’s The Prince
2. Petrarch - selected poems
3. Shakespeare if needed (for students without British Lit. credit)
4. Other selections as chosen by the teacher
5. Selections from topical articles relevant to the period
4. Literary terms appropriate to the period
4. The Age of Rationalism
1. Historical events
2. Cultural influences
3. Literary developments
1. Selections chosen by the teacher (example: Moliere, Pascal, Voltaire)
2. Selections from topical articles relevant to the period
3. Literary terms appropriate to the period
5. Romanticism and Realism
1. Historical events
2. Cultural influences
3. Literary developments
1. Goethe - Faust
2. Pushkin - selected poetry
3. Nikolai Gogol - "The Overcoat"
4. Leo Tolstoy - "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"
5. Anton Chekov - "The Bet" and/or The Cherry Orchard
6. Other prose and poetry selections as chosen by the teacher
7. Selections from topical articles relevant to the period
8. Literary terms appropriate to the period
6. The modern world
1. Historical events
2. Cultural influences
3. Literary developments
1. Representative selections from Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Italy, France, Russia, Spain, and/or Greece
2. Selections from topical articles relevant to the period
3. Literary terms appropriate to the period
7. The contemporary world
1. Historical events
2. Cultural influences
3. Literary developments
1. Representative selections from the Americas
2. Representative selections form Western Europe
3. Representative selections from Eastern Europe
4. Representative selections from the Middle East
5. Representative selections from Africa
6. Representative selections from Asia
7. Selections from topical articles relevant to the period
8. Literary terms appropriate to the period
8. Parallel reading
   
   
3. USAGE/GRAMMAR
1. Sentence errors
2. Sentence structure
3. Punctuation
4. Mechanics
   
   
4. LANGUAGE/VOCABULARY
1. Words from literary selections and vocabulary programs
2. Definitions and context
   
   
5. RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY
1. Research paper
2. On-line research techniques
   
   
6. SPEAKING/LISTENING
1. Class discussion
2. Notetaking
3. Individual and/or group presentation

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