World Literature
| Level: | 9th-12th grade |
| Pre-requisite: | none |
| Credit: | 1 high school English credit |
| Class limit: | 10 students |
| Class minimum: | 4 students |
| Price: | $35.50 per 2 hour class
16 classes/semester = $568/semester for a total of $1,136 per year |
| Terms:
Note: This is a two-semester class |
payable in 9 monthly payments or 2 semester payments |
| Schedule: | Thursdays, 9-11 A.M. |
| Description: | This class is foundational for getting the most from Western literature covered throughout high school. Literature includes the following works: Gilgamesh, Greek and Roman mythology, The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Aristotle’s Poetics, Oedipus, The Divine Comedy, Augustine’s Confessions, selections from the Bible and the Koran, King Arthur, Hamlet, and a British Victorian novel (either Jane Eyre or Pride and Prejudice). The goal of this class is to experience literary classics from around the world from 3,500 B.C. to the 19th century and respond in oral and written form. Text: The Norton Anthology of World Literature and novels. The writing assignments will include literary analysis essays, creative writing projects, and a position/research paper. |
| Honors Option: | Students who pursue the Honors option will either read an additional novel and write an accompanying literary analysis essay per semester. Also, the Honors student’s level of completed work must be on a high level of rhetoric (reasoning and writing). |
| Text: | 
The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, 7th edition (Good used copies will be supplied by Powers Classical School, and are to be returned at the end of the school year.) |
| Novels: | Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) |
Texts to be Used
(Good used copies will be supplied by Powers Classical School, and are to be returned at the end of the school year.)
