Reading Selections for Honors 10 English Literature *Material may be added & removed at teacher discretion

I.Course Introduction a. When the Emperor was Divine Julie Otsuka Assessment only b. The Odyssey – Books I – IV only Homer summer reading

II.Epic Literature: MP 1 & 2 a. The Odyssey Homer WHD Rouse only b. The Aeneid Virgil selected readings c. The Epic of Gilgamesh N. K. Sandars online d. “Genesis 1-3 Creation & Fall” King James Version 38 – 45 e. “Genesis 6-9 Story of the Flood” King James Version 46 – 51 f. “1 Samuel 17 David & Goliath” King James Version 60 – 65 g. “Shah-Nama” Firdawsi 86 – 97

III.How Culture Impacts Relationships: MP 3 a. When the Emperor was Divine Julie Otsuka summer reading b. “Under Reconstruction” Mori Ogai 1172 – 1179 c. Song of Lawino/ “My Husband’s House . . . Okot P’Bitek 1354 –1358 d. “Snapshots of a Wedding” Bessie Head 1374 – 1379 e. “Tao Te Ching” Lao Tzu 208 – 211 f. “The Analects” Confucius 212 – 216 g. “Substance, Shadow, & Spirit” T’ao Ch’ien 202 – 206 h. “The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter” Li Po 232 – 235 i. “Studies in the Park” Anita Desai 1414 – 1424 j. “Numskull & the Rabbit”/Panchatantra Arthur W. Ryder 182 – 187 k. Mahabharata “Sibi” R. K. Narayan 166 – 173 l. “The Counsels of the Bird” Rumi 124 – 128

IV.Cultural Conflict & Historical Change: MP 4 a. Misty Poets Various 1438-1447 b. “Season” & “Civilian and Soldier” Wole Soyinka 1360 – 1363 c. “The Ultimate Safari” Nadine Gordimer 1364 – 1373 d. “Tribal Scars” Ousmane Sembene 1390 - 1401 e. “The Diameter of a Bomb” Yehuda Amichai 1340-1342 f. “Thoughts of Hanoi” Nguyen Thi Vinh 1434-1436 g. “Glass of Milk Manuel Rojas 1152-1159 h. “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1212-1220

Primary text: Prentice Hall Literature World Masterpieces, 4th edition. C. 1996.