English Literature and Composition



English AP: Literature and Composition

Summer Homework

I. Enroll on etusd for the Summer AP Literature class. The enrollment key was revealed at the AP meeting during lunch. If you do not know it, please email me at MacauleyEnglish@ or ask a peer. Two one-week windows will open for your responses to the assigned readings. Through these responses we will begin forming class discussions. When responding use analytical language, however, make sure it is only YOUR thoughts and ideas. I am not interested in how well you can regurgitate online sources like Spark, enotes…. The questions will be specific and be based upon rhetorical devices and/or strategies that the author uses. I may or may not respond directly to your comment, but I will read all of them.

II. Reading: online response week

a. Play: Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen July 12-19

b. Novel: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison August 23-30

III. Poet:

a. Choose 1 non-Western poet

b. Come to class with at least two of your favorite poems by this poet—annotated (explained at meeting and example shown). If you failed to attend meeting then you must seek out information from peers. Do not tell me what the poems mean.

IV. Organization:

Create a timeline of the essential eras in literature, noting prominent figures and events. This may be in outline form or a visual. Be sure that it

will fit on standard notebook paper as it will become part of your

notebook.

V. Research:

Know these terms/names for reference. Include a definition and any pertinent information if possible, such as origin or contemporary usage. These entries will be 2-4 sentences.

Aeneid Kafka/ Metamorphosis

Aeschylus/ Euripides /Sophocles Lethe

Agnosticism Machiavelli/The Prince

Apartheid Malaprop

Aristotle Marquis de Sade

Beatniks Marxism

Beckett, Samuel Metaphysical Poetry

Copernicus noble savage

Chauvinism Oedipus/ Freud/Freudian slip

Cicero/Ciceronian Paradise Lost

Confucianism Sappho

Dante/Inferno Sartre

Descartes Satire/ Juvenalian & Horatian

Don Quixote Socrates/Plato/Aristotle

existentialism Solipsism

Goethe/Faust Tabula Rasa

Homer Theatre of the Absurd

Juggernaut

VI. One final note: A strong grammar foundation should already be a part of your toolbox as an Honors’ student. However, if you view this as your weakness please visit grammar websites over the summer to hone this skill. I have found that is a helpful site. We will take a grammar diagnostics test in the beginning of the year to determine your skill. Though you may possess a great thought, it will probably become muddled in an analytical essay if your basic skills are lacking.

ALL WORK MUST BE TYPED (except for poem annotations) AND IS DUE the first DAY OF CLASS. BE PREPARED FOR ESSAY RESPONSES TO SUMMER READING and/or READING QUIZZES.

For any questions or concerns contact me at:

MacauleyEnglish@

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