SUMMER ASSIGNMENT 2013
AMERICAN LITERATURE
231 - ADVANCED
INSTRUCTOR: Mrs. Frances Krauss
SUMMER READING IS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT. STUDENTS ARE NOT TO WORK
TOGETHER OR TO SHARE RESPONSES.
Read the following material from the class textbook, Wiggins, Grant, ed. Prentice Hall
Literature: The American Experience. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2010. Print.
REQUIRED READING
Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. (pgs. 1124-1233), including “Before You Read” for Act I, p. 1123;
Act 2, p. 1160; Act 3, p. 1186; Act IV, p. 1216 and all sidebar material within the play.
Also read the following supplementary material in the textbook:
Author in Depth- “Arthur Miller,” (pgs. 1118-19)
Contemporary Commentary- “The Words of Arthur Miller on The Crucible,”
(pgs. 1120-22)
Literary History- “Twentieth Century Drama: America Take the Stage,”
(pgs. 1184-85)
Comparing Literary Works - (pgs. 1239-54).
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT
DIRECTIONS: Type your responses to each of the following questions from the textbook.
Answer each question by using your own ideas and supporting them with evidence from the
text (quotations, paraphrases, summaries, examples). Cite parenthetically, i.e., include page
numbers in parentheses in body of answer. Double space answers and quadruple space
between answers.
Act I- p. 1158, Questions 1, 3, and 8
Act II- p. 1182, Questions 4 and 5
Act III-p. 1214, Questions 3 and 4
Act IV- p. 1234, Questions 4 and 7
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT
Write a 1 page comparative essay comparing political drama past and present- p. 1249,
Question 1.