Genres include poems, essays, journals, diaries, short stories, novels and other expressions of our national heritage. Literary history provides a background for the study. Literary history provides a background for the study. The choice of works will be made after class has been surveyed. Some attention will be given to the life and times of Shakespeare.
Attention is given to the individual student's needs.
The student is guided individually and as a member of a group in the writing and analysis of short stories. The student is guided individually and as a member of a group in the writing and analysis of poems. The role of mythology in literature from the Golden Age of Greece to that of contemporary popular culture, including the function of folklore stories, music, and legends. A study of Russian literature with emphasis on the 19th century. Illuminates the character, literary and thematic concerns of the works studied.