World Literature and Composition

Tutor – Ginger McCreery

Course Description

Come join us as we sample some of the wonderful literature from all around the world. The textbook does an excellent job of giving an overview of World Literature. The extra books we will be reading provide additional glimpses of different times and cultures.

This class will move in a chronological way, from oldest works to more modern ones. There will be four essays, one per quarter; four exams, one per quarter; weekly quizzes and lots of reading.

Required Text

Required summer reading:
“The Search for Light” from Unit 11 in the textbook

and

PEACE CHILD
by Don Richardson
Publisher: Regal
ISBN 10:  0830737847

Primary Text:

WORLD LITERATURE
by Abeka Publishing
Code #:  115401

WALK IN THE LIGHT AND TWENTY-THREE TALES (Unabridged)
by Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Publisher: Orvis Books
ISBN 10:  1570754608

KON-TIKI
by Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher: Simon and Shuster
ISBN 10:  1476753377

KIM
by Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Puffin Classics
ISBN 10:  0141332506

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
by Baroness Orczy
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN 10:  0486421228

THE GOOD EARTH
by Pearl S Buck
Publisher: Washington Square Press
ISBN 10:  0743272935

ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Publisher: NAL Trade
ISBN 10:  0451228146

NIGHT
by Ellie Wiesel
Publisher: Bantam Books
ISBN 10: 0553272535

AN ORDINARY MAN
by Paul Rusesabagina
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780143038603

Prerequisites / Grade Levels

Required summer reading: “The Search for Light” from Unit 11 in the textbook and PEACE CHILD by Don Richardson

Recommended for grades 9th-12th

Difficulty Level

This class is at an “above average” difficulty level. Average study time for this class will depend on the speed and skill of the reader.