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World Literature Syllabus
Hello and welcome to the 2014-2015 school year! You are here for Mrs. Witmer’s class on
World Literature, which fulfills your 10th grade English requirement. This class is designed so
that, even if you really don’t like to read and/or write, you can still find some enjoyment from the
activities we do. Hopefully. You will be doing lots of reading and writing in this class. Grades
will come from various sources, including homework, tests, quizzes, pop quizzes, projects, and
class participation. Some of the essential questions we will cover are:
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Summer Reading Unit – How does identity conflict affect the characters?
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Ancient Literature Unit - How is literary structure developed through
ancient literature?
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Persian & Arabic Unit - How does didactic literature teach?
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Greek & Roman Unit - How did the Ancient Greeks contribute to the structure of the epic
and drama to create their own style?
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Asian Unit - How does Asian Literature combine structure, literary elements, and poetic
devices to convey its culture and philosophy?
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Middle Ages Unit - How are epic traits and medieval beliefs reflected in the Romance Saga?
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Renaissance Unit - How did themes, topics and structure develop in literature of the
Renaissance period?
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Romanticism & Realism Unit - How do Romantic traits manifest in different types of
literature?
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Modernism Unit - How do Modernist traits manifest in different types of literature?
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Contemporary Unit - How does a contemporary author's purpose influence the type of nonfiction that he or she chooses to write?
The following is a list of literary works that we will be covering in class throughout the year:
Short Fiction
Novels
from the Epic of Gilgamesh
Tselane and the Giant
from the Rubaiyat
from the Gulistan
“Two Kinds of Intelligence”
from the Panchatantra
“The Story of Daedalus and Icarus”
from the Analects
from the Tao te Ching
from the Iliad
from the Aeneid
from Don Quixote
from the Divine Comedy
from Faust
“A Problem”
“Two Friends”
“How Much Land Does a Man Need?”
Farewell to Manzanar
from Les Miserables
Metamorphasis
Dramas
Oedipus the King
Julius Caesar
Non-fiction
Night
“The Man in the Water”
“Out of Africa”
“Back from Tuichi”
This is a basic overview of the upcoming year. This class will require lots of group discussion
on the literature that we read, so if you’re a talker, you should enjoy that part! I am always
available to answer questions before the start of school, after school until 3:15 p.m., and during
advisory. You, however, must let me know if you have questions or need some extra help.