In American Literature, the student continues to analyze literature based upon the five elements of plot, setting, theme, character, and style. The student studies great classic works from each period as well as the authors that have most shaped our literary heritage. Class papers and discussion focus on learning to evaluate the characters and themes of each work, with a special emphasis on comparing the work with biblical ideas and principles. We also gain insight into the specific characteristics of the national American identity including what Americans value, their strengths, and their weaknesses. As in every year of the RGES literature program from grades 6 through 12, we also include a play from Shakespeare.
Zoom meetings/discussions for American Literature will be odd weeks.
In American Literature, the student continues to analyze literature based upon the five elements of plot, setting, theme, character, and style. The student studies great classic works from each period as well as the authors that have most shaped our literary heritage. Class papers and discussion focus on learning to evaluate the characters and themes of each work, with a special emphasis on comparing the work with biblical ideas and principles. We also gain insight into the specific characteristics of the national American identity including what Americans value, their strengths, and their weaknesses. As in every year of the RGES literature program from grades 6 through 12, we also include a play from Shakespeare.
Zoom meetings/discussions for American Literature will be odd weeks.
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Billy Budd by Herman Melville
Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Yearling by Marjorie Rawlings
