Literature & Composition 202: Modern World

Reading and writing about works from Dickens to Twain, Wharton to Woolf: includes literature from the 19th century through the early modern era. Literature and writing taught together in a single, full-credit English course with daily coach engagement and peer interaction.

Literature 202 picks up where 201 left off and moves into the Victorian era and the rise of Realism and Regionalism. Students engage with texts that reflect the social upheaval, industrialization, and changing moral landscape of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and continue developing their writing across multiple styles.

The entire class reads The Great Gatsby and Macbeth together. Students also choose an independent novel from a rich selection of Victorian and Realist fiction — from Dickens and Eliot to Twain, Wharton, and Cather — with each student reading a different work and contributing their unique perspective to class discussions. Short stories, essays, and poetry round out the reading, including works by Alice Walker, D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, and Friedrich Engels.

Authors and traditions covered include: Shakespeare (Macbeth), Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, Twain, Wharton, Cather, Fitzgerald, Walker, Woolf — plus poetry from Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, Emma Lazarus, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Christina Rossetti, spanning Victorian British literature and American Realism through the early modern era.

What’s included: Daily coach feedback at every stage of writing. Peer collaboration and discussion boards. Multiple writing styles practiced throughout the year. Timed essays and fully revised papers. Scholastic Art & Writing Awards preparation.

Literature and writing taught together in a single, full-credit English course. Includes daily coach engagement and peer interaction. How our classes work.

Intended For Grades: 9-12

Time Expectation:

Classes have daily assignments. Some assignments span several days to give flexibility. Assignments are intended to take approximately 1½ hours a day to complete.

Class Objectives:

Demonstrate an understanding of literary techniques, including epiphany, juxtaposition, doppelgangers, and motifs
Cite textual evidence to support literary analysis
Lead questions in discussion groups
Understand the tenets of the Victorian, Realism, and Moderism movements
Write in several different styles, including narration, exposition, comparison, poetry, and description

Class Features:

Students will submit their narrative, social action essay, and poetry to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards writing contest
Students will have daily contact with a coach who evaluates mastery and skills and peers to discuss activities and workshop writing
Students will practice in-class timed essays and fully developed and revised papers.
An online classroom will teach students time management and appropriate cyber behavior in a controlled environment.

Pre-Reqs: Lit 201 or equivalent

Class Requirements:

Literature 202 is designed for students who have completed Literature 201 or an equivalent class.

Required Class Materials:

**Write from the Heart: A Resource Guide to Engage Writers
**Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library Edition)
**The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Literature Essentials: Modern World Textbook (ebook, provided with enrollment)
One 19th or 20th century novel of the student’s choice, including these authors: Twain, Wharton, Dickens, Kipling, Crane, Hardy, Carroll, and Wilde (chosen later)
Short stories, including Walker, Hurst, Jewett, Harte, Henry, and Lawrence
Victorian-style non-fiction by Engels and Woolf
Collection of Victorian poetry, including: Lazarus, Arnold, Tennyson, Barrett, and Browning
Collection of World War I poetry, including: Owen, Rosenberg, Sassoon, and Graves
Collection of Modernism poetry, including: Frost, Hughes, Brown, and Cullen

**These books are available on Write from the Heart’s online store. All essays, short stories, and poetry are provided in the Literature Essentials Textbook

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Write from the Heart: A Resource Guide to Engage Writers

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The Great Gatsby

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Macbeth

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