ENGLISH African American Literature:
A Dream Deferred “What happens to a dream deferred?/Does it dry up/like a raisin in the sun?/Or fester like a sore—And then run?/Does it stink like rotten meat?/ Or crust and sugar over—like a syrupy sweet?/ Maybe it just sags like a heavy load./ Or does it explode?” Langston Hughes’ famous poem will serve as the guide for this course, exploring the Black experience in poetry, narrative, essay, and drama throughout the twenty and twenty-first centuries and reading from Dunbar, McCay, Hughes, Toomer, Wright, Baldwin, King, Malcolm X, Hansberry, Rankin, Coates, Jones, and Whitehead.
Length of Course 1 bin
Mod + Period 5A, 7A
Credits Apply Toward English
Bardolatry and Dynamic Duos: Reading Shakespeare’s
Literary Pairings Macaroni and cheese. Peanut butter and jelly. (Shakespeare and Smiley? Shakespeare and Stoppard?) Several of William Shakespeare’s dramatic masterworks lend themselves to being read in tandem with other great works that they inspired. This class will examine two such pairings, one set on an Iowa farm during the Carter administration, and the other set “in the wings” of Shakespeare’s play, examining how the works relate, differ, and inform each other.
Length of Course 1 bin
Mod + Period 2C, 3A
Credits Apply Toward English
Grade Level(s) 11, 12
Teacher(s) McGrath
Grade Level(s) 11, 12
Teacher(s) Ann Hunter
Twisted Tales of
Espionage and Treason The worst kind of duplicitous, cowardly villain or the best kind of selfless, courageous hero, spies have a mixed reputation—but what all can agree on is that their lives are full of tension, danger, deceit, and excitement. It is not surprising then that writers have used stories of espionage to attract readers for centuries. This class looks at a selection of the best written, most enthralling modern stories of espionage and high treason. It will explore how the best of these stories can give us insights into the world we live in and into human nature.
Length of Course 1 bin
Mod + Period 1B, 6B
Credits Apply Toward English
Romantic Outlaws
“Mad, bad, and dangerous to know,” was the epithet given to the Romantic poet Lord Byron, but the description could have been applied to any of the group of writers who hung out with Byron in various European castles arguing and writing during the early nineteenth century. Byron, Mary and Percy Shelley and their followers produced some of the English language’s wildest and most entertaining writing, perfecting the modern horror story for example, while scandalizing and horrifying their contemporaries with their unconventional behavior. This course looks at the work of these three Romantic outlaws, setting it in the context of the revolutionary ideas that dominated early nineteenth century Europe.
Length of Course 1 bin
Mod + Period 7B
Credits Apply Toward English
22
Grade Level(s) 11, 12
Teacher(s) Al Hunter
Grade Level(s) 11, 12
Teacher(s) Al Hunter
11 · 12 The Empire Writes Back:
Post-Colonial Literatures “You didn’t teach me a thing! Except to jabber in your own language so that I could understand your orders— chop the wood wash the dishes, fish for food, plant vegetables, all because you’re too lazy to do it yourself. And as for your learning, did you ever impart any of that to me? No, you took care not to.”—Caliban in Aimé Césaire’s A Tempest Post-colonial literature spans the globe as its authors struggle with the implications of writing in the language their oppressors taught them, shape new models for nationalism, and work through the colonial legacies of racism and poverty and a history written entirely by the colonizers. The texts we’ll read in this course will deal with a variety of issues central to the post-colonial experience: language, nationalism, identity, race, class, and gender. Texts may include works from a variety of erstwhile colonial including Asia, India, Africa, and South America.
regions,
Prerequisite(s) N/A Length of Course
1 bin
Mod & Period 2B, 5B
Credits Apply Toward English
Grade Level(s) 11, 12
Teacher(s)
Dauterman, Ann Hunter
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