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CiS English Lit 12 Book list and readings

 


These are the books the CiS English Lit 12 class reads.  All materials here are in downloadable and printable Adobe Acrobat format (pdf).

 

The text on criticism used in this class: Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory by Peter Barry, 2nd Ed. Manchester University Press, 2002, Paperback (0-7190-6268-3).  This will be a valuable book for students expecting to continue in the humanities or liberal arts in college. I will provide necessary handouts from this book in class.

 

The Base Readings, Four novels and a play

Solar Storms - by Linda Hogan
One Hundred Years of Solitude - by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The God of Small Things - by Arundhati Roy
The Piano Lesson - by August Wilson
 

Support Materials:


Advanced Literary Terms - Terms you should learn and know by year's end

How to Analyze a Poem in 10 Steps - Seems self-explanatory

University of Minnesota Writing for College Handbook - Long, but directly related to writing at the U

University of Chicago Writing for College Handbook - shorter, more friendly advice worth following

College in the Schools Student Handbook - Make a copy of this for yourself

Scoring Guide for literature papers - classroom handout


Prose Narratives:


"The Black Cat" - Edgar Allen Poe
“The Lottery” - Shirley Jackson
"The House Taken Over" - Julio Cortazar 

 

Poems:


Aubade - Phillip Larkin
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Dark Night - Dillon Thomas
Rapunzel - Anne Sexton
The Man and the Echo - William Butler Yeats

 

Essays and Non-fiction: