momto2Cs Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I may soon be tutoring a couple of homeschooled teenagers in English, and am trying to put together a list of not-to-be-missed literature from a few categories. I would very much appreciate any input! American British World Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I may soon be tutoring a couple of homeschooled teenagers in English, and am trying to put together a list of not-to-be-missed literature from a few categories. I would very much appreciate any input! American British World Thanks! TOP 10 WORKS TAUGHT AS HIGH SCHOOL LIT (listed in order of most frequently used in schools) 1. To Kill A Mockingbird 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3. a play by Shakespeare 4. something by Dickens 5. Farenheit 451 6. Lord of the Flies 7. The Odyssey 8. 1984 9. The Scarlet Letter 10. (toss up between a number of works listed below) 35 CLASSIC WORKS MOST OFTEN TAUGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL (listed roughly in chronological order of writing) 1. The Iliad (Homer) -- WORLD (ancient Greece) 2. The Odyssey (Homer) -- WORLD (ancient Greece) 3. Beowulf (translation by Heaney) -- BRITISH 4. a play by Shakespeare -- BRITISH (usually a choice from: Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Henry V, or Julius Caesar) 5. The Last of the Mohicans (Cooper) -- AMERICAN 6. The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne) -- AMERICAN 7. Pride and Prejudice -- OR -- Emma (Austen) -- BRITISH 8. Frankenstein (Shelley) -- BRITISH 9. Tale of Two Cities (Dickens) -- BRITISH (but about the French Revolution) 10. Great Expectations (Dickens) -- BRITISH 11. a short story by Edgar Allen Poe (usually a choice from: Tell Tale Heart, Cask of Amontillado, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Gold Bug, or The Rue Morgue) -- AMERICAN 12. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain) -- AMERICAN 13. Moby Dick (Melville) -- AMERICAN 14. Treasure Island (Stevenson) -- BRITISH 15. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson) -- novella -- BRITISH 16. a Sherlock Holmes short story (usually a choice from: The Blue Carbuncle, The Red Headed League, A Scandal in Bohemia, The Adventure of the Dancing Men, or The Problem of Thor Bridge) -- BRITISH 17. The Red Badge of Courage (Crane) -- novella -- AMERICAN 18. a short story by O. Henry (usually The Gift of the Magi; or perhaps The Ransom of Red Chief) -- AMERICAN 19. Call of the Wild (London) -- AMERICAN 20. The Open Window (Saki) -- short story -- BRITISH 21. All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque) -- WORLD (German) 22. The Most Dangerous Game (Connell) -- short story -- AMERICAN 23. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald) -- AMERICAN 24. Animal Farm (Orwell) -- novella -- BRITISH 25. 1984 (Orwell) -- BRITISH 26. Anne Frank: The Diary of Young Girl (Frank) -- WORLD 27. Lord of the Flies (Goldman) -- BRITISH 28. The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck) -- AMERICAN 29. Things Fall Apart (Achebe) -- WORLD (Nigerian) 30. Death of a Salesman (Miller) -- play -- AMERICAN 31. Farenheit 451 (Bradbury) -- AMERICAN 32. Catcher in the Rye (Salinger) -- AMERICAN 33. A Farewell to Arms -- OR -- The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway) -- AMERICAN 34. To Kill A Mockingbird (Lee) -- AMERICAN 35. The Lottery (Jackson) -- short story -- AMERICAN College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Reader 100 Most Often Recommended Works for College Freshmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan of Croton Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 For world literature, the Norton Anthology of World Literature provides a dabbins of this and that concerning less familiar, non-Western works. With editorial commentary, it could be a springboard for you to explore world lit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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