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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: Summer Reading Unit – How does identity conflict affect the characters? Ancient Literature Unit - How is literary structure developed through ancient literature? Persian & Arabic Unit - How does didactic literature teach? Greek & Roman Unit - How did the Ancient Greeks contribute to the structure of the epic and drama to create their own style? Asian Unit - How does Asian Literature combine structure, literary elements, and poetic devices to convey its culture and philosophy? Middle Ages Unit - How are epic traits and medieval beliefs reflected in the Romance Saga? Renaissance Unit - How did themes, topics and structure develop in literature of the Renaissance period? Romanticism & Realism Unit - How do Romantic traits manifest in different types of literature? Modernism Unit - How do Modernist traits manifest in different types of literature? 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.