Hello, new seniors! I'm hoping that you already have been enjoying your summer break and have begun to fill it with awesome reading! As you've noted, there's no organized reading program for AP Lit, but the key is to read, read, and read! Aim for reading 7-8 hours a week (that's only one hour a day, or one day reading binge, depending on your style). Also aim for reading at least something in a genre you're less familiar with. If you normally read mostly young adult stuff, challenge yourself with one of the "classics". If you're mainly a sci-fi/fantasy reader, try something in the non-fiction range, etc. You not only want to read to broaden your perspectives, but to build up reading stamina, because you will be asked to read extended works as part of class next year.
Speaking of class next year, I'll post the novels/plays that we are likely to work with below, in case you want to buy them and/or read them in advance. However, we won't be working with them until second semester, so you are still expected to reread them along with the class. If you're like me, it isn't until the second time through a book that you're able to really appreciate the complexity of stuff to analyze.
I will periodically be checking my work email if you have any questions.
Plays/Novels
Hamlet
Tartuffe
A Doll's House
Death of a Salesman
A Raisin in the Sun
Rosentcrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Wuthering Heights
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Things Fall Apart
Thursday, June 22, 2017
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