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AP Literature and Composition 2020 Summer Reading Assignment

DIRECTIONS

#1 Readings You will read TWO books of your choice from the lists below, a classic title and a modern ​ ​ title. One of your choices must be selected from the first list of classics that contains some of the most frequently referenced books on the AP Literature exam between 1970-2011. Your second choice must be a modern novel of literary merit. List 2 contains the winners of the and the Pulitzer Prize from the last 20 years. CHOOSE ONE TITLE ​ ​ ​ FROM EACH LIST. You can either borrow books from your local library, download ​ ​ ​ e-books to a device, or purchase your own hard copies to annotate in directly.

How to select a book that you will enjoy from the lists below: Do not select a book at random. Although all of these titles are meritorious and significant reads, some of them you will obviously enjoy more than others based on your distinct literary tastes. If you don’t like war stories, don’t pick a war story. You can base your selection on authors that you are familiar with, on researching some of the titles that sound interesting to you, and on recommendations from friends/family that may have read these books before.

#2 Dialectical Journal You will complete THREE dialectical journal entries for each book you read (that means ​ ​ SIX entries total: 3 for the classic title + 3 for the modern title = 6 journal entries total). A ​ dialectical journal is a written conversation with yourself about a piece of literature that encourages the habit of reflective questioning. From your readings, you will keep track of what we will refer to as “charged passages” in the text. These passages are parts of the text that stand-out to you and that you find interesting. You will use a double-entry format to ​ ​ examine the details of passages and synthesize your understanding of the texts.

Journal Format • You will complete this assignment using Google Docs. • Make a 2 column chart.. • One side is a quote from the text. This passage is what you consider to be a “charged passage”. It should be at least three lines and no more than one short paragraph, fully written out and cited with the page number. • The other side should contain your observations and thoughts about the passage. Articulate the following— • Any observations regarding character/character development, conflict, theme, rhetorical devices/word choice, setting, allusions, and form/structure. • Any unfamiliar language. • Any analysis regarding tone, and what it indicates about the author’s attitude toward the subject or the character • Any interpretation or analysis of significant imagery, symbolism, or Dr. Doyle AP Literature and Composition

metaphors being used by the author

To Note— • The entries and your reflections should span the entire book (there needs to be clear evidence that you’ve read the whole novel). • Do not simply restate the meaning of the quote in your own words—this is your opportunity to interact with the language and the ideas of the author at a critical level.

How will your journals be evaluated? The double-entry journals will be evaluated according to the following criteria: • Quantity: Your reflections on the passages should be substantial. Make sure in ​ ​ each of your entries you fully explore the insights you from the text. • Variety: There is a wide variety of the kinds of notes and questions, ​ ​ ranging from specific literary device analysis to broad themes. I will look, too, for your personal reaction and thoughts. • Quality: The quality of questions and notes demonstrate ​ ​ a complete effort to contemplate, and to respond to the complete text. It should be informative and helpful to you, not burdensome and not the bane of your summer. • Language: Questions and notes demonstrate an in depth understanding of, and ​ ​ curiosity about the language used in the text. You should note words and definitions for unfamiliar words. Use a dictionary. • Searching for Patterns and Themes: Questions and notes demonstrate an ​ ​ excellent awareness of patterns and themes developing in the text. • Plagiarism, such as copying another student’s journal or Sparknotes, etc. will ​ result in a failing grade.

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LIST 1: Frequently Referenced Titles on the AP Literature exam (#s indicate how many ​ times the title has been referenced between 1970 and 2011) CHOOSE ONE! ​

16 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevski 7 The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy ​ ​ ​ ​ 16 Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 7 Portrait of a Lady by Henry James ​ ​ ​ ​ 15 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 7 Sula by ​ ​ ​ ​ 15 Moby Dick by Herman Melville 7 The Tempest by William Shakespeare ​ ​ ​ ​ 14 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark 7 Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett ​ ​ ​ ​ Twain 6 An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen ​ ​ 12 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 6 Equus by Peter Shaffer ​ ​ ​ ​ 12 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James 6 Ethan Frome by ​ ​ ​ ​ Joyce 6 Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift ​ ​ 12 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 6 Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen ​ ​ ​ ​ 11 The Awakening by Kate Chopin 6 Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw ​ ​ ​ ​ 11 Billy Budd by Herman Melville 6 Medea by Euripides ​ ​ ​ ​ 11 Light in August by 6 The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare ​ ​ ​ ​ 11 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zorah Neale 6 Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe ​ ​ ​ ​ Hurston 6 Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf ​ ​ 10 As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 6 Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot ​ ​ ​ ​ 10 Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko 6 Obasan by Joy Kogawa ​ ​ ​ ​ 9 by Toni Morrison 6 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen ​ ​ ​ ​ 9 Native Son by Richard Wright 6 The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner ​ ​ ​ ​ 9 Othello by William Shakespeare 6 The Also Rises by ​ ​ ​ ​ 9 Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 6 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward ​ ​ ​ ​ 9 A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Albee ​ ​ Williams 5 Bleak House by Charles Dickens ​ ​ 8 Anna Karenina by Tolstoy 5 The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chkhov ​ ​ ​ ​ 8 Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya 5 Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe ​ ​ ​ ​ 8 Candide by Voltaire 5 Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin ​ ​ ​ ​ 8 by 5 Mrs. Warren’s Profession by George Bernard ​ ​ ​ ​ 8 Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy Shaw ​ ​ 8 The Jungle by 5 The Piano Lesson by August Wilson ​ ​ ​ ​ 8 A Passage to India by E. M. Forster 5 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser ​ ​ ​ ​ 8 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom 5 Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy ​ ​ ​ ​ Stoppard 5 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys ​ ​ 7 All the King’s Men by 5 Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor ​ ​ ​ ​ 7 All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy ​ ​ 7 Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton ​ ​ 7 Lord Jim by ​ ​ 7 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert ​ ​

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List 2: Booker Prize and Pulizter Prize Winners (2000 - 2019) CHOOSE ONE! (not one from ​ ​ ​ each side, just ONE)

Booker Prize Pulitzer Prize

2019 - 2019 - ​ ​ by by

Girl, Woman, Other 2018 - ​ ​ by Bernadine Evaristo by

2018 - 2017 - The Underground Railroad ​ ​ by by

2017 - 2016 - ​ ​ by by

2016 - 2015 - All the Light We Cannot See ​ ​ by by

2015 - A Brief History of Seven Killings 2014 - ​ ​ by by

2014 - The Narrow Road to the Deep North 2013 - The Orphan Master's Son ​ ​ by by

2013 - 2011 - A Visit from the Goon Squad ​ ​ by by

2012 - 2010 - ​ ​ by by

2011 - 2009 - ​ ​ by by

2010 - 2008 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ​ ​ by by Junot Diaz

2007 - 2009 - ​ ​ by Cormac McCarthy by Hilary Mantel

2006 - 2008 - The White Tiger ​ ​ by Geraldine Brooks by

2005 - 2007 - The Gathering ​ ​ by by

2004 - 2006 - ​ ​ by Edward P. Jones by

2003 - 2005 - ​ ​ by by

2002 - 2004 - ​ ​ by by Allan Hollinghurst

2001 - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 2003 - ​ ​ by by DBC Pierre

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2002 - 2000 - ​ ​ by by

2001 - True History of the Kelly Gang ​ by

2000 - ​ By Margaret Atwood