AP LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION Introductory Assignment, 2019-20

Overview: For the 2019-20 school year, we will not have required summer work. However, we are explaining the first significant assignment of the year, which will be due on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. Though you are not required to complete the work over summer, many of you will see the value in reading your first novel over vacation instead of waiting until the first weeks of school. You may complete the note-taking assignment ahead of time as well.

Contact Information: If you have any questions over the summer, feel free to contact us. Ms. Ceaglio can be contacted at (916) 695-9793 or [email protected] or you can contact Mrs. Winger at (916) 747-2956 or [email protected]. We also check Synergy during the summer.

Formatting/Submission: The assignment should be double-spaced in Times font size 12, with one-inch margins all around. Write your full name on the first page (MLA), and your last name and page # on each page thereafter. Poor grammar/spelling or formatting will affect your final score. The assignment will be submitted through turnitin.com (TII course details will be shared on first day of school).

Honor Code: Plagiarism will not be tolerated for the course. This includes direct use of others’ ideas or words, paraphrasing of ideas or rephrasing material found online or from other sources, submitting work from another class, copying another student’s work, allowing a student to copy your work, submitting another person’s work, borrowing analysis from an outside source, or working together (unless an assignment is specified as collaborative). We are interested in your interpretation, even if it is not a standard one. Plagiarism/dishonesty of any kind will result in a zero for the entire assignment and disciplinary action under school policy.

Reading Materials:  Bedford Anthology (check out from library before May 31, 2019)  18th or 19th Century Novel (acquire on your own; see list on reverse)

Introductory Assignment: 18th/19th Century Novel/Notes Assignment (100 daily pts)

To expand your literary background, you will be reading a classic from the 18th or 19th century (British, French, German, Russian or American) and taking notes (assignment below). Since you have some choice, you should browse Amazon, bookstores, or the public library to find a work that is interesting to you. (EGHS library is not available for checking out these books.) We also have a few copies available (see *) for you to borrow if you see us prior to the end of this school year. Many of these titles are also free or inexpensive for Kindles, Nooks, or tablets. We do not allow you to read your books on your phone. In the fall, you will receive some instruction on historical context and genre, but you are entirely responsible for the direct study of your specific novel. You will also write a timed essay (open question) on your literary work during the first quarter. Reading List: Authors Titles Jane Austen (British) Pride and Prejudice*; Sense and Sensibility; Emma; Mansfield Park Thomas Hardy (British) Return of the Native*; Jude the Obscure; The Mayor of Casterbridge Charles Dickens (British) David Copperfield; A Tale of Two Cities*; Great Expectations* George Eliot (British) Middlemarch Charlotte Bronte (British) Jane Eyre Emily Bronte (British) Wuthering Heights* Eliza Parsons (British) The Castle of Wolfenbach Ann Radcliffe (British) The Italian; The Mysteries of Udolpho Mary Elizabeth Braddon (British) Lady Audley’s Secret Wilkie Collins (British) The Woman in White Daniel Defoe (British) Robinson Crusoe Jonathan Swift (British) Gulliver’s Travels Mary Shelley (British) Frankenstein Victor Hugo (French) Hunchback of Notre Dame; Les Miserables Emile Zola (French) Therese Raquin; L’Assommoir Gustave Flaubert (French) Madame Bovary; Sentimental Education Stendahl (French) The Red and the Black Honore de Balzac (French) Eugenie Grandet Goethe (German) The Sorrows of Young Werther Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russian) Crime and Punishment; Notes from Underground; Brothers Karamazov Leo Tolstoy (Russian) Anna Karenina Ivan Turgenev (Russian) Fathers and Sons Nathaniel Hawthorne (American) The Scarlet Letter; House of Seven Gables Herman Melville (American) Moby Dick; Billy Budd Mark Twain (American) The Adventures of Huck Finn Henry James (American) The American; Washington Square

Note-Taking Task: As part of your study, you will take notes on the following elements of fiction. Refer to the pages in parentheses for expanded definitions of these elements in the Bedford Anthology. Your notes should be no more than eight pages, typed and double-spaced (lists may be single-spaced). a) Plot (39); 3-4 sentence summary, extending your description to the end of the novel. b) Character (78); 1-2 page list of main characters and important minor characters, with brief description about traits, behavior, and character development, if any, for each. c) Setting (118); 1-page description of important settings in the novel (towns, countries, houses, geographic regions, etc.). Use quotes to support your claims. d) Point of View (148); 1-page explanation of point(s) of view in novel. Consider the impact of point of view and narration on characters and meaning in the novel. Use quotes to support claims. e) Symbolism (187); ½-1 page list of possible symbols, with brief interpretation of each. f) Style, Tone, & Irony (229); 1-page explanation of style and tone (plus irony if present). Consider diction, syntax, imagery, figurative language, structure of work, chapter titles, dialogue, dialect, and anything else about narration. Use quotes to support your claims. g) Theme (207); 1-2 sentence theme statement (not thesis); should be deeper universal message of work (no reference to novel/characters), expressed accurately, concisely, and without clichés.