Class of 2010 Adams & Young AP English Literature and Composition 2009 Summer Reading Assignment I.
DRAMA Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (496 – 406 B.C.) ISBN 1‐58049‐593‐1 * Available at Borders in Allen Purchase, read, and annotate the play prior to the first day of class. It would be wise to focus your annotation on instances of dramatic irony and images of vision and blindness throughout the play. On the first day of class, bring your annotated copy of the play and the literary analysis assignment detailed below. On the second day of class, there will be a reading quiz over Oedipus. LITERARY ANALYSIS OF DRAMA Part 1: Develop a deeper analysis of the dramatic irony, foreshadowing, and themes within the play by charting plot elements controlled by fate and plot elements controlled by free will on a chart similar to the example below: Oedipus: Fate or Free Will? *2 FATE Fate *6 fate *3 *5 *1 Free will * 7 *9 Free Will FREE WILL *4 * 8 *10 This is just an example of how to set up the chart. Your chart is not expected to follow the same graphic pattern with your plot points. You may provide the following information in the chart itself or on a separate sheet. On your chart, identify ten textual moments with a brief paraphrase or quote and offer commentary about what this moment reveals or suggests about irony, foreshadowing, and the great fate vs. free will debate. Part 2: In a polished, typed, one‐page essay, trace the images of vision and blindness throughout they play and explain how these images are related to the theme. Be sure to include your theory of why Oedipus chooses to blind himself rather than joining Jocasta in suicide. Class of 2010 Adams & Young II.
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WORLD LITERTURE Read one of the novels (one which you have not read previously) from the list below. On the second day of class, you will be discussing your novel and have an in‐
class evaluation of your book. Please have your selected book with you on the second day of class. Things Fall Apart Light in August by Chinua Achebe by William Faulkner Wuthering Heights The Kite Runner by Emily Bronte by Khaled Hosseini Girl with the Pearl Earring The Catcher in the Rye by Tracy Chevalier by J.D. Salinger The Awakening Frankenstein by Kate Chopin by Mary Shelley Great Expectations The Joy Luck Club by Charles Dickens by Amy Tan READING FOR PLEASURE Read a novel strictly for pleasure. Select a work of literary merit that you will enjoy reading. During the first week of class, you will provide a book talk over your selected work in which you will “sell” the experience of reading your book to your peers, so pick something good! Some suggestions for selecting your “reading for pleasure” novel include: • Classic works of literature from an era, author, or genre you know and enjoy • Contemporary literature from the New York Times Bestseller List • Works of “Representative Authors” from College Board Note: The works we will be reading during the fall (listed in the order of study) will be available in August at Borders in Allen. •
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Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe ISBN 0‐451‐52779‐8 The Inferno (translated by Ciardi) By Dante Alighieri ISBN 0‐451‐52798‐4 Hamlet by William Shakespeare ISBN 0‐743‐47712‐X “Folger Shakespeare Library” by Washington Press We are looking forward to teaching the class of 2010! ☺ Enjoy your summer and happy reading ☺