26: Annual Class: Literature & Composition 201: Renaissance to Romanticism

Literature 201 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, two unit tests introduce the idea of the literary essay test, a staple in college classes.

This class starts with a unit on literary techniques, where we get to try to utilize these tools in our own writing. Our first movement through the Renaissance is poets like John Donne and William Cowper, and then we discuss the masterpiece Romeo & Juliet. Then we move into the Romantics with a novel of your choice from that era. We focus next on the Gothic movement with some short stories from Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne, culminating with your choice of a seminal Gothic work: pick from Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, or Great Expectations. 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.

This class meets honors diploma requirements in most states. Please be sure to check your guidelines to ensure honors credit.

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