REQUIRED COURSE TEXTS Fall Semester Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace, Joseph Williams A Doll House, Henrik Ibsen Oedipus Rex, Sophocles Antigone, Sophocles Hamlet, William Shakespeare Crime and Punishment, Fydor Dostoyevsky Spring Semester The Metamorposis, Franz Kafka The Stranger, Albert Camus The Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad Others TBD RECOMMENDED READINGS Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense, Arp and Johnson (Ninth Edition) Glossary of Literary Terms, A. H. Abrams Handbook of Literary Terms: Literature, Language, Theory, Kennedy, Gioia, and Bauerlein American Heritage Colleiate Dictionary (Fourth Edition) Cracking the AP Literature Exam 2004-05, Princeton Review

AP English Independent Reading List

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Introduction           

You will succeed in the class and on the AP exam if you read voraciously during the course of the year. What you read matters as much as how you read; thus the list below includes texts which will challenge you. All the books listed below meet the College Board’s standards for “works of equal merit.” In addition to the titles listed here, you may read those titles from the summer reading list that you did not choose to read; moreover, you may ask to substitute a different book by the same author if you prefer (i.e., you can read The Moor’s Last Sigh if you already read Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children).  Consult your teacher before making a substitution.

Readings           

Read at least five of the following books, three during the fall semester and two during the spring. Your second book in the spring and your essay will be due before the AP Exam in May. You must read one book and write the required paper each grading period prior to taking the AP test in May.