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Class: Academic Studies in British Literature great-britain-flag

Primary Text: See Book List Below (at end of page)

Tuition: $ 288 Copy/printing fee: $ 35

With this tuition rate, I must have a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 12 students.

Overview of class:

This course will introduce students to some of the major authors of Great Britain. Students will be reading literature selections from the following time periods: Anglo-Saxon period, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, the Romantic Period, the Victorian Age, and the Twentieth century. Students will evaluate literary selections from a Christian worldview and the literature will be interpreted solely on the integrity of the text alone. The elements of expository and persuasive writing will be reviewed within the context of literary analysis. Students will learn how to integrate outside research in their literature responses, history projects, or other writing assignments. Extensive research projects will be created during second semester in conjunction with our study of literature. Students will also analyze several film and stage adaptations of selected texts, discovering modern-day interpretations of classic literature.

Prerequisites for this class: Students must have excellent reading skills (be able to read 20-25 pgs in a book per day, on average), good study habits, and be able to respond to literature in a variety of written forms (essays and literature responses). Students must have access to the Internet for weekly communication from tutor via e-mail, to conduct research, and to access certain texts online.

Recommended Grade Level(s) for this class: 11th & 12th grade

Estimated Difficulty Level of course for average student: Above average/Highly Challenging

Average study time for this class will be: Approximately 8-10 hours per week.

Tutor Expectations of Parents:

Ensure student follows class syllabus, takes notes on all class lectures and readings, and completes all writing assignments in a timely manner.
Encourage student to take ownership of assignments, work independently, and form working relationship with tutor.

Ronei L. Harden, Tutoring Services

www.engrade.com/RoneiHarden

roneiharden@gmail.com

615.479.8465

Academic Studies in British Literature booklist:

SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT*:

King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table Puffin Classics; 0140366709

Beowulf Signet Classics; 0451527402

Utopia Dover Thrift Edition; 0-486-29583-4

Hamlet Dover Thrift Edition; 0-486-27278-8

The Taming of the Shrew Signet Classics; 0451526791

And Then There Were None Any edition compatible

Frankenstein Any edition compatible

A Tale of Two Cities Any edition compatible

Pygmalion Dover Thrift Edition; 0-486-28222-8

1984 Signet Classics; 9780451524935

MLA Handbook, Seventh Edition ISBN: 9781603290241

NOTE: The supply fee noted on the course outline ($35) covers the following texts provided by tutor:

The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (excerpts)

The History of the Kings of Britain (excerpts)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

The Canterbury Tales (Prologue and the Nun’s Priest Tale)

Journal of the Plague Year (excerpts)

The Diary by Samuel Pepys (excerpts)

Excerpts of Swift’s satire (Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal & Other Works)

Selected essays by Virginia Woolf, Winston Churchill, and George Orwell

All poetry studies:

Anglo Saxon poetry

Petrarchan & Shakespearian sonnets

Elizabethan poets

Renaissance poetry

The Romantic/Victorian Era

The Twentieth century