Description

World Literature is designed to teach both literature and composition. Rather than separating the two skills, we use the literature to guide our topic choices in a variety of writing styles, including narrative, poetry, comparison, exposition, and research writing.

Additionally, this class utilizes independent analysis assignments to discuss literature with others in the class.

This class focuses on literature around the world and analyzes how culture affects these stories. We begin in the ancient world with two famous epics: Gilgamesh and The Odyssey.

Then we move to the Middle Ages and study literary development in Beowulf and Canterbury Tales, analyzing several short works as well.

We move through the Asian world and eventually find our way into the modern era, where we focus on non-Western literature in the Realism and Modernism movements.

We end the year with a research project that allows students to explore one of these authors or events from this time in more detail.

Throughout the year, we read literature from: Greece, Rome, Egypt, Japan, India, China, England, France, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United States, and Nigeria.

This class meets honors diploma requirements in most states. Please be sure to check your state's guidelines to ensure honors credit for your student.