AP English 12 – Shari Ray St. Mary’s Episcopal School Fifth and Sixth Period Syllabus – A, C, D, and E days Conscience and Consciousness What Does It Mean To Be Human? Third Quarter – And What About Suffering? And Does It Mean Anything? Major Texts: A Doll’s House – Ibsen – “The Woman Question” The Metamorphosis – Kafka – Aburdist The Brothers Karamazov – Fyodor Dostoevsky “Sartor Resartus” – An Essay by Thomas Carlisle Victorian Poetry – Browning, Browning, Tennyson, Hopkins, Rossetti, Arnold Selected Modern Poetry – Feminist Poetry The Poetry of T. S. Eliot Writing Assignments: Three short analyses of selected poetry (analytical) Critical Analysis Paper: This quarter students will research, pre-write, edit, and revise an 8-10 page analytical paper on a researched topic. This is a culminating paper for this course. January Week One Mon 3 – Mays Writing Prize Wed 5 – Library Days Thurs 6 – Library Days Fri 7 – Library Days HW – Begin systematic work on your Analytical Paper – due 2/1 Week Two Mon 10 – Introduction to the Victorian Era – Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning HW – Read and annotate E.B. Browning’s “The Cry of the Children” (1922) and Sonnets from the Portuguese #’s 21, 22, 32, and 43 (1926) Wed 12 – Selected Poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning HW – read and annotate E.B. Browning’s “The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point” (1927) Thurs 13 – Selected Poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning HW – Alfred, Lord Tennyson and In Memoriam – Read the Intro to “In Memoriam A.H.H.” very carefully (pp. 1942 and following) as this explains the purpose for the poem. Then read and annotate the following sections of the poem: OBIIT, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 27, 28, 30, 78, 95 (read this one most carefully, as herein lies the climax of the poem), 105, 106 Fri 14 – Discuss Tennyson’s In Memoriam HW – Reread Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shallot” (1953) Short Essay: Choose one of the Victorian poems that we have read thus far. Then write a 350-500 word analysis of that poem answering this question: How does the poet’s use of diction, tone, and syntax affect the thematic meaning of the poem? Week Three Mon 17 – Martin Luther King Holiday! Tues 18 – Short Essay Due – Selected Poetry by Robert Browning – “Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” and “My Last Duchess” HW – Read “My Last Duchess” (2058) and “Porphyria’s Lover” (2054) – Be ready to discuss Browning’s treatment of women in these poems. Thurs 20 – The Dramatic Monologue: “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover” (Also “Hazel Tells Laverne”) HW – Read and annotate “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came” (2064) – be ready to discuss the journey itself as femme fatale. Fri 21 – Discuss “Childe Roland” – Intro Matthew Arnold and read “Dover Beach” in class HW – Read and annotate “Stanzas from the Grand Chartreuse” – Be ready to discuss Arnold’s comment on Victorian thought and society. Short Essay (due Tuesday): Choose one of the Victorian poems that we have read thus far. Then write a 350-500 word analysis of that poem answering this question: How does the poet’s use of diction, tone, and syntax affect the thematic meaning of the poem? Week Four Mon 24 – Matthew Arnold and “Stanzas” HW – Gerard Manley Hopkins – read and annotate the following Hopkins’ poems (2160-2167)“God’s Grandeur,” “As Kingfishers Catch Fire,” “Spring,” “The Windhover,” and “Pied Beauty,” “Spring and Fall,” and “I Wake and Feel the Fell of Dark, Not Day” Short Essay Due Tues 25 – Short Essay Due – Discuss the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins HW – Thomas Carlisle’s Sartor Resartus “The Everlasting No” and “The Everlasting Yea” (provided) Thurs 27 – Carlisle and Hopkins HW – Test on Victorian Poetry Fri 28 – TEST on Victorian Thought and Poetry HW – T.S. Eliot February Week Five Mon 31 – T.S. Eliot HW – Analytical Paper Due @ 7:45 Tues 1 – Analytical Paper Due @ 7:45/ T.S. Eliot in class HW Thurs 3 – T.S. Eliot HW Fri 4 – T.S. Eliot HW – No homework…Father/Daughter Dance! Short Essay (due Monday): Read “Loyal Housewife” and “Negative Space” – Then write a 350-500 word analysis of these poems answering this question: How does the poet’s use of diction, tone, and syntax affect the thematic meaning of the poem? Week Six Mon 7 – Short Essay due / T.S. Eliot HW – Read Ibsen’s A Doll’s House Tues 8 – Short Essay Due / A Doll’s House and selected feminist poetry HW – Complete A Doll’s House Thurs 9 – A Doll’s House and selected feminist poetry (“Barbie Doll,” “What’s That Smell in the Kitchen,” “Doll House,” “Marks” HW – read Kafka’s The Metamorphosis Fri 11 – The Metamorphosis HW – Test Week Seven Mon 14 – TEST Tues 15 – Introduce The Brothers Karamazov HW – Brothers reading 1 Thurs 17 – Brothers HW – Brothers reading 2 Fri 18-Mon 21 – Student Holidays! (Note: You may consider using this long weekend to get ahead on your Brothers reading. Just a thought.) Week Eight Tues 22 – Brothers HW – Brothers reading 3 Wed 23 – Brothers HW – Brothers reading 4 Thurs 24 – Brothers HW – Brothers reading 5 – “The Grand Inquisitor” Week Nine Mon 28 – Brothers HW – Brothers reading 6 March Tues 1 – Brothers HW – Brothers reading 7 Wed 2 – Brothers HW – Brothers reading 8 Thurs 3 – Brothers HW – Brothers reading 9 Week Ten Mon 7– Brothers HW – Brothers reading 10 Tues 8 – Final discussion of Brothers HW – Test on Brothers Wed 9 – TEST on The Brothers Karamazov Thurs 10 – Introduce Student-Teaching Project Spring Break!!! Week Eleven Tues 22 – Student Teaching of Modern Poetry HW – AP prose Wed 23 – Student Teaching HW Thurs 24 – Student Teaching HW – Read James Joyce’s short story “Araby” (2503) Fri 25 – Student Teaching HW – Read three short stories by Flannery O’Connor (“Good Country People,” “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” and “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” Week Twelve Tues 29 – The Short Stories of Flannery O’Connor HW – Read two short stories by Virginia Woolfe (“The Moth” and “The New Dress”) Wed 30 – The Short Stories of Virginia Woolfe HW – Test on Modern Poetry and Prose Thurs 31 – TEST on Modern Poetry and Prose HW – East of Eden reading 1-6 NOTE: We will also be reading poetry and working on AP prep in class during the reading of East of Eden. There will be additional writing assignments during this reading. April Fri 1 – East of Eden HW – East of Eden reading 7-10 Week Thirteen Tues 5 – Senior/Mother Luncheon HW – East of Eden chapters 11-14 Wed 6 – East of Eden HW – East of Eden chapters 15-18 Thurs 7 – East of Eden HW – East of Eden chapters 19-22 Fri 8 – East of Eden HW – East of Eden chapters 23-25 Week Fourteen Tues 12 – East of Eden HW – East of Eden chapters 26-30 Wed 13 – East of Eden HW – East of Eden chapters 31-36 Thurs 14 – East of Eden HW – East of Eden chapters 37-41 Fri 15 – East of Eden HW – East of Eden chapters 42-49 Week Fifteen Tues 18 – East of Eden HW – East of Eden chapters 50-55 Wed 19 – Final discussion of East of Eden HW – Test on East of Eden Thurs 21 – TEST on East of Eden Fri 22-Mon 25 – Easter Holidays! Week Sixteen Tues 26 and Thurs 28 – AP Preparations Fri 29 – Black Friday!