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Excellence in Literature :: English III: American Literature
(Honors Option)
American Literature: A Survey Course
What does American Literature cover?
 American Literature is a college-preparatory literature survey course. Focus works, including novels, short stories, poems, and drama, have been selected for literary quality, and for their place in the historical development of literature. Context readings provide background information about the author, the historical period, and the literary and artistic context of the focus work.
Students will gain an understanding of the development of American literature and will practice the skills of close literary analysis through essays, approach papers, and other evaluative writing. You may learn more about how I chose the literature for Excellence in Literature in this blog post.
Objectives
By the end of this survey course, students will:
- Possess a broad knowledge of the history and development of American literature.
- Have specific understanding of selected representative texts by major authors of the periods studied.
- Have a general understanding of the historical and cultural context of the works.
- Be able to analyze literary texts and present thoughtfully developed ideas in writing.
- Demonstrate competence in essay organization, style, and mechanics.
- Demonstrate competence in the MLA style of source documentation
Table of Contents
Introduction 5
Overview and Objectives for Excellence in Literature 7
Frequently Asked Questions 13
How to Read A Book 19
Discerning Worldview Through Literary Periods 25
Unit 1: Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin
Honors: The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
Letters From An American Farmer by J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
Unit 2: Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving and selected works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Honors: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., The Life of George Washington, or Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving
Unit 3: The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Honors: The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper
Unit 4: The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Honors: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Walden by Henry David Thoreau (if you didn’t read it in English II)
Unit 5: Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Honors: Billy Budd by Herman Melville
Unit 6: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Honors: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Unit 7: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Honors: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Daisy Miller by Henry James
Unit 8: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Honors: My Antonia by Willa Cather
Unit 9: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Honors: A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Honors 109
Formats and Models 111
Approach Paper Format 112
Historical Approach Paper Format 113
Author Profile Format 116
Literature Summary Format 116
Sample Poetry Analysis 120
What an MLA Formatted Essay Looks Like 122
Excellence in Literature Evaluation Rubric 125
Excellence in Literature Evaluation Rubric for IEW Students 127
Glossary 131
Selected Resources 141
Note: Books listed in the table of contents above are focus texts only. Context and honors reading are assigned within each unit.
American Literature: English 3 Print Book (co-published with the Institute for Excellence in Writing) $29 + $4.95 Priority Mail shipping; 8.5 x 11" Coil-bound.
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