English 4 AP -- Syllabus
Semester 1Unit 1: Comparison/Contrast
Main Texts: Summer Readings A Prayer for Owen Meany and The Kite Runner A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens Unit Literary Terms Focus: comparison/contrast, simile, metaphor, extended metaphor, allusion, shift, allegory, flashback, symbolism, abstract/figurative, inversion Unit 2: Irony Main Texts: Oedipus and Antigone - Sophocles Unit Literary Terms Focus: diction, irony (dramatic, verbal, situational, cosmic), Greek dramatic structure Unit 3: Characterization Main Texts: Beowulf (excerpts) "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight " - Mallory A Doll House - Henrik Ibsen Unit Literary Terms Focus: six methods of characterization, conflict, stereotype, archetype, epic, epic hero, direct/indirect characterization, flat/round/static/dynamic characters, metrical patterns, caesura, kenning Unit 4: Point of View/ Narration Main Texts: Night - Elie Wiese The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver Unit Literary Terms Focus: 1st person, 3rd person, unreliable narrator, narrative style |
Semester 2Unit 1: Style / Syntax
Main Texts: Canterbury Tales - Geoffry Chaucer (excerpts) All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Remarque Unit Literary Terms Focus: diction, sentence structure, connotative/denotative meaning, syntax, frame story, voice, tone, style Unit 2: Setting Main Text: Lord of the Flies- William Goldberg Unit Literary Terms Focus: imagery, mood, setting, symbolism, microcosm, plot, symbol, symbolism, allegory, deus ex machina, Unit 2: Tragedy Main Texts: Hamlet - William Shakespeare Doubt - Patrick Shanley A Moon for the Misbegotten - Eugene O'Neil The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare Unit Literary Terms Focus: tragic hero, anti hero, Shakesperean dramatic structure, epigraph Unit 4: Comedy / Satire Main Texts: Gulliver's Travels (excerpts) Tartuffe - Moliere 12th Night or Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare Unit Literary Terms Focus: irony, hyperbole, understatement, juxtaposition, exaggeration |