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Name: Ms. Vanden Branden AP English Literature & Composition Summer 2016 Wisdom and Spirit of the Universe! Thou Soul that art the eternity of thought, That giv'st to forms and images a breath And everlasting Motion! Not in vain, By day or star-light, thus from my first dawn Of Childhood didst thou interwine for me The passions that build up our human Soul, Not with the mean and vulgar works of man, But with the high objects, with enduring things, With life and nature, purifying thus The elements of feeling and of thought, And sanctifying, by such discipline, Both pain and fear; until we recognize A grandeur in the beatings of the heart. - William Wordsworth, The Prelude (Book First, ll. 401-414) Course Description In our intensive study of literature next year, we will try to capture the "passions that build up our human Soul" in the many works that we read. Every piece of fiction strives to be more than a "mean and vulgar" work. In fact, Wordsworth himself created many "high objects" and "enduring things" even as he considered his art a distant second to life and nature. By the end of the course, students will be prepared to take the AP English Literature and Composition which consists of:

A 55-question multiple choice section in which students have one hour to read and answer questions from four-five prose and poetry passages.

Three essays to be completed in two hours: 1. A poetry analysis essay that examines the poet's use of structure and style. 2. A prose analysis essay that examines the author's use of literary elements in a passage of fiction or

drama. 3. A whole work analysis that examines an author's representation of an aspect of the human condition

in either a novel or drama. The world of literature is vast, and the more we read the more we thirst. Although we must prepare for the AP Exam, our main goals will be advanced study of literature, insightful analysis, and effective written communication. We will therefore be sampling a wide range of authors and genres throughout the year. This summer you are to prepare for a challenging course of study by reading the following texts and working on corresponding written assignments. All summer reading and writing is due on the first day of classes. AP English Literature & Composition Summer Homework Summer Reading Your Choice of Novel Various authors "Mythology and Biblical References" handout

SUMMER HOMEWORK

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1. You are expected to read at least one the one of the books listed on the following page, unabridged, during the summer and be ready to be TESTED during the first week of classes. The evaluation will be detailed and demanding. Choose your book with care. You are responsible for knowing when it is time to move on from a book if it's not working for you. If you have no interest in reading any of these books or reading in general, you need to re-evaluate why you are taking AP English Literature & Composition, a class dedicated to the advanced study of literature. Perhaps you need to drop AP English Literature. If you have a proposed book not on the list, please email me for approval. Bring your novel to class on the first day of class.

2. Study guides (Such as SparkNotes, Shmoop, or CliffsNotes) may NEVER be used as a substitute for the

reading assigned, although you will often need to refer to outside sources for the information related to the text for the Data Sheet.

3. Although all of you should have studied mythology during your sophomore year at Muchin, that was a long

time ago. This information needs to be fresh in your mind, as literature is full of allusions to the classics. You will have an advantage on the AP Exam if you have a good working knowledge of mythology, folklore, and biblical allusions. Read the attached handout, which has some abbreviated entries on many mythological elements as well as biblical references you should know. You will have a specific and detailed test on the handout during the first week of classes. If you'd like a copy of Edith Hamilton's Mythology, take one! It will serve as a good reference throughout the year and help to clarify things you read about in the handout. Due hard-copy in-class on the first day of class.

4. YOU SHOULD BE REGULARLY READING THIS SUMMER. News, magazines, novels, biographies, graphic

novels. Anything. READ. Contact me if you need assistance! Summer Writing

1. Join the Google Classroom. You will earn a grade for this. Keep an eye on announcements and reminders over the summer.

2. Complete a Data Sheet for your chosen novel. The purpose of the Data sheet is for you to create your own study guide for the novel. Each section is to be approached analytically, not literally. For example, the section on setting requires that you identify not only the physical location of the plot(s), but also the atmosphere and significance of that location. You may attach additional sheets of paper to the Data Sheet if necessary. There will be an electronic copy on the Google Classroom as well (see directions below for joining). Write or type neatly and legibly. Due hard-copy in-class on the first day of class.

Required Materials * Due in-class on the first day of class

A dedicated AP L&C Composition Notebook A 1-inch Binder and/or sturdy folder Pens AND Pencils Red (or other color than black or blue) pens Highlighter A City of Chicago Library Card (You should have one from AP Lang!)

Ms. Vanden Branden evandenbranden@noblenetwork.org evandenbranden@muchincollegeprep.org

Google Classroom Instructions: To add yourself to a class with a course code:

1. Sign in to Classroom at classroom.google.com.

2. On the Home page, click the + icon. 3. Enter the code in the box, and click Join.

AP Literature & Composition SUMMER 1617 Class Code: hwxxhs5

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AP English: Literature and Composition Book List Books in BOLD are available at Muchin in 711. Stop by during Finals Week. Books UNDERLINED are highly recommended by Ms. VB

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Adventures of Cavalier and Clay, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Americanah A Clockwork Orange All the King’s Men All the Pretty Horses Angela’s Ashes Anna Karenina Art of Fielding, The As I Lay Dying Bean Trees, The Bell Jar, The Beloved Black Boy Bless Me, Ultima Brave New World Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, The Boy's Life Catch-22 Ceremony Color Purple, The Crime and Punishment Dave Barry Slept Here Devil in the White City, The Diary of a Young Girl, The Dreams of My Father Dreaming in Cuban East of Eden Emma Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Farenheit 451 Farewell To Arms, A Frankenstein Franny and Zooey Games at Twilight Glass Castle, The Glass Menagerie, The Gone with the Wind

Grapes of Wrath, The Great Expectations Gulliver's Travels Handmaid’s Tale, The Heart of Darkness Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, A Hours, The In the Time of the Butterflies Into Thin Air Interpreter of Maladies Jane Eyre Joy Luck Club Let the Great World Spin Like Water for Chocolate Lolita Lord of the Flies My Antonia Martian, The Middlesex Mountains Beyond Mountains Mythology Namesake, The Native Son Nineteen Eighty-Four Notes from the Underground No Country for Old Men One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest One Hundred Years of Solitude Our Town Paradise Lost

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Prayer for Owen Meany, A Pride and Prejudice Pygmalion Quicksand Reading Lolita in Tehran Road, The Romeo & Juliet Roots Secret History, The Secret Life of Bees, The Secret Life of Henrietta Lacks Sense & Sensibility Scarlet Letter, The Slaughterhouse Five Snow Falling on Cedars Sound and the Fury, The Stranger, The Streetcar Named Desire, A Sun Also Rises, The Tale of Two Cities, A Their Eyes were Watching God The Things They Carried* Thousand Splendid Suns, A Tortilla Curtain, The Turn of the Screw, The Walk in the Woods, A Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Woman Warrior, The Wuthering Heights Zeituon *The Things They Carried was going to be the book I assigned everyone for summer homework, so if you are feeling stuck, I highly recommend it! It is a quick, engaging read with so much to say about the human need for storytelling. We have lots of copies at Muchin.

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Mythological and Biblical References

When you read about mythology and biblical allusions, enjoy it! You are reading stories people have been telling for thousands of years! Many authors allude to classical mythology through the characters, settings, plots and themes of their works. This will build our knowledge of mythology so that we can look for mythological allusions to these stories in modern texts.

Definition: An allusion is a reference, within a literary work, to another work of fiction, a film, a piece of art, or even a real event. An allusion serves as a kind of shorthand, drawing on this outside work to provide greater context or meaning to the situation being written about.

Research and read about the following stories and draft notes on each story. Do the following for each of the allusions on the lists below: -Type your work in a legible 12- point font, single- spaced -Number them from 1-40 -Write a brief explanation of the situation or summary of the quote or allusion’s meaning. The length of this explanation will differ from story to story. The important thing is to understand the reference so you’ll be able to spot allusions. -A citation can be provided but is not required Some suggestions for resources are listed, and examples have been provided for you. Make sure that this is your own original work—your entries should not be identical to anyone else’s in AP English, even if you did share resources!

Greek/Roman Mythology Allusions: 1. Achilles 2. Adonis 3. Aphrodite/Venus 4. Apollo and the Chariot 5. Ares/Mars 6. Athena/Minerva 7. Atlas 8. Bacchus/Dionysus 9. Ceres and Demeter 10. Circes 11. Daedalus and Icarus 12. Echo and Narcissus 13. Hades 14. Hera/Juno 15. Helen of Troy and Paris 16. Jupiter/Zeus 17. Leda and the Swan 18. Midas 19. Odysseus and the Trojan horse 20. Pandora's box 21. Prometheus and the gift of fire 22. Pygmalion 23. Romulus and Remus 24. Sisyphus' curse

Biblical Allusions:

25. Adam and Eve 26. Abraham and Issac 27. Babel (Tower of) 28. Exodus 29. Four horsemen of the Apocalypse 30. Noah's Ark & the Flood 31. Judgment Day 32. Cain and Abel 33. Song of Solomon 34. Forbidden fruit 35. Garden of Eden 36. Sodom & Gomorrah 37. David & Goliath 38. Judas Iscariot 39. The Prodigal Son 40. The Ten Plagues

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Model Allusion Entry 1. Achilles and the Trojan War Achilles was the greatest Greek hero of the Trojan War and was the central character in Homer’s The Iliad. He was the son of the goddess Thetis and the mortal man Peleus. Thetis wanted to make her son immortal, so she held him by the heel and dipped him in the River Styx, one of the rivers of the Underworld. Everything the water touched became immortal, but his heel remained dry and was therefore vulnerable (hence the name “Achilles tendon” for the sensitive back part of your heel). Achilles distinguished himself by his fighting during the Trojan War, eventually killing the Trojan hero Hector as retribution for Hector’s killing of Achilles’ friend. He was eventually killed in battle by being struck in the heel with an arrow from the bow of Paris, which was guided by the god Apollo.

Web Sites: Oxford Classical Mythology Online www.classicalmythology.org Mythweb www.mythweb.com/index.html This searchable encyclopedia of Greek mythology is a thorough source of information! Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia www.fact-index.com/l/li/list_of_biblical_figures.html For biblical sources, I prefer this encyclopedic resource, which provides detailed and multiperspective entries on important biblical terms

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Name:

Major Works Data Sheet: Do not cut/paste from a website, which is a form of plagiarism.

Title: Biographical information about the author:

Author:

Date of Publication:

Genre:

Historical information about the period of publication or setting of the novel:

Characteristics of the genre:

Plot Summary or Points: Do not cut/paste from a website, which is a form of plagiarism.

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Major Works Data Sheet

Memorable Quotes at least three – more is better

Quotation Significance – how does the quote relate to the passage or the meaning of the work as a whole?

Literary Techniques- Identify and explain the use and effect of three literary techniques

Literary Technique Cite or paraphrase one example of each

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Major Works Data Sheet

Characters Name Role in the story Significance Descriptive Adjectives

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Major Works Data Sheet

Setting and Significance Significance of the opening scene

Metaphors, Symbols or Motifs in the work (at least three)

Significance of the ending / closing scene

Possible Themes

Write at least three questions or topics for discussion