BRITISH LITERATURE: BEOWULF

I suggest you read THIS TRANSLATION of Beowulf - some translations are more difficult than others.

It might help your comprehension to do some reading on the background of Beowulf before you begin reading the epic itself.

Read the following articles:
"Can Your Genes Make You Murder?" by Barbara Hagerty

And

"Pity the Poor Murderer, His Genes Made Him Do It" by Nigel Barber

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

The Link to the text of the play is HERE.

Act 1, Scene 1 can be found on pages 25-56
Act 1, Scene 2 on pages 56-77
Act 2, Scene 1 on pages 78-96
Act 2, Scene 2 on pages 96-110
Act 2, Scene 3 on pages 110-130
Act 3 on pages 131-150

EDGAR ALLAN POE

Define the following words before reading the story:

1. abscond
2. connoisseurship
3. fetter
4. immolation
5. impunity
6. niter
7. obstinate
8. recoil
9. redress
10. retribution
11. rheum
12. wont

Read "The Cask of Amontillado" by Poe.

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

We're moving into a new time period in American Literature; read about the "Romanticism" of 1820 to 1865.

Read some background information on Nathaniel Hawthorne HERE.

Before reading Young Goodman Brown, read THIS ARTICLE by English Professor, Leland Ryken.

Read Hawthorne's short story, YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN.

Vocabulary List 3

1    1.      Dialect
2.      Static character
3.      Dynamic character
4.      Irony
5.      Protagonist
6.      Antagonist
7.      External conflict
8.      Internal conflict
9.      Characterization
10.   Rising action
11.   Climax
12.   Falling action
13.   Setting
14.   Motif
15.   Onomatopoeia
16.   Atmosphere
17.   Refrain
18.   Epic
19.   Tragedy
20.   Tragic flaw
21.   Monologue
22.   Plot
23.   Comic relief
24.   Theme