Literature 12AP

 

Analyzing Literature    
Religious and Mythological Allusions     Archetypes in World Literature  Literary Terms

1A. Eponyms from Greek Mythology
1B. Biblical Allusions, list for 12AP students


2A. Common Themes in Literature
2B. More Common Themes in Literature
2C. Seasonal theory of archetypes
2D. Archetypes in Literature (Doc)
2E. Character Archetypes (PDF)
2F. Situation Archetypes (PDF)
2G. Campbell's hero's journey
2H. diagram of 2G

3A. Comprehensive list
3B. Another Comprehensive List
3C. Basic Terms
3D. Basic Terms Continued
3E. Notes in the Margin Glossary

 Analyzing Poetry

 Vocabulary

 AP Exam

 4A. How to annotate a poem
4B. Meter 		5A. Read The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, or The Economist on a regular basis.
5B.  Listen to 88.9, NPR, as you drive to school.
5C. Keep a new words journal. Write down all unfamiliar words that you encounter in this class and your own personal reading and conversations.

6A. Titles from free response questions
6B. open-ended exam questions
6C. wording of exam questions

          Analyzing an Author's Style
 Tone  Mood Syntax   Diction

7A. Analyzing tone: DIDLS
7B. Analyzing tone in poetry

8A. definition of mood

8B. Mood vs. Tone

 9A. Scroll down to "Analyzing syntax in literature"
9B. Sentence Structure and Variety

10A. Scroll down the definition of diction.
10B. Diction PPT

 

Major Works   
Invisible Man    Optional Summer Reading Novels 2009  The Bluest Eye

20A. Ms. Effies Invisible Man page

21A.

22A. Study and Discussion Questions
22B. Commentary by UMass Prof.
22C. Background and Themes
22D. Sample Pages from Dick and Jane Readers
22E. Kenneth Clark's Famous Doll Study

 Flannery O'Connor Author Study

 Tartuffe

 Pride and Prejudice

23A. 24A.

25A.

 Frankenstein  Oedipus Rex  Hamlet
26A. The Gothic Novel
26B. Elements of the Gothic Novel
 27A.  28A.
 King Lear  Heart of Darkness

 Medieval British Literature

 29A.  30A.  31A.

       Literary Movements and Historical Periods SparkCharts
 Greeks/Romans Medieval   Renaissance
40A. Lit. of Classical Greece PDF
40B. Greek Influence on Roman Lit.
40C. Overview of genres
41A. Chivalry and Medieval Lit.
41B. Characteristics of Medieval Lit.
41C. Norton Intro to Middle Ages 		42A. Norton Intro to the 16th Cent.
42B. Famous Renaissance Authors
42C. Humanism
 Enlightenment  Romanticism Victorian Age 
43A. Restoration and Enlightenment
43B. Norton Intro to Restoration
43C. Intro to Neoclassical Lit.
43D. Neoclassical Literature
44A.Norton Intro. to Romanticism
44B. Romanticism at Lycaeum.org
44C. Transcendentalism PPT
45A. Norton Intro to the Victorian Age
45B. Philosophies and Values of the Victorians
45C. Brief Overview
 Realism  Modernism  Contemporary Age
46A.Realism in American Lit.
46B. American Realism: 1865-1910
46C. An Intro to Realism & Naturalism
47A. Attributes of Modernist Lit.
47B. American Modernism
47C. Brief Overview
48A. Characteristics of Postmodernism
48B. Attributes of Post-Modernist Lit.
48C. Characteristics of Contemporary Lit.