AP English Literature and Composition

In this course, the equivalent of an introductory college-level survey class, students are immersed in novels, plays, poems, and short stories from various periods. They read and write daily using a variety of multimedia and interactive activities, interpretive writing assignments, and discussions. The course places special emphasis on reading comprehension, structural and critical analysis of written works, literary vocabulary, and recognizing and understanding literary devices. Students prepare for the AP® Exam and for further study in creative writing, communications, journalism, literature, and composition.

Two semesters

Required (both semesters) –

• The Norton Anthology of Poetry, fifth edition, Margaret Ferguson, Mary Jo Salter, and Jon Stallworthy, editors) (fourth edition also acceptable)
• The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction, compact sixth edition, Ann Charters (editor) (fifth edition also acceptable)
  

Required (first semester) –

• Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
• Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen
• A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams
• Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare; Mowat & Werstine, Editors
  

Required (second semester) –

• The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Annie John, by Jamaica Kincaid
• Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte (Penguin Classics, Michael Mason, editor)
  

Three years high school English (American Literature or equivalent), and a grade of B or higher in most recent English course