High School British Literature

Conventional Track

$549.00 for LIVE

$249 for Self-Paced

This broad survey of British Literature begins with an Anglo-Saxon epic, touches on Arthurian legends, spends time with Shakespeare, Romantic poetry and gothic literature, and concludes with a 20th century dystopian novel. This course will be an unforgettable experience for every student. 

This class meets on Thursdays at 12 pm, Eastern Standard Time.

Note: Space is limited. Be sure to enroll early to secure your spot.

  • STUDENT EXPECTATIONS

    • Attend a one-hour, weekly, live course session

    • Complete each week’s assigned reading

    • Take a short, online, comprehension quiz

    • Answer a weekly, online, discussion question each week

    • Submit two literary analysis papers and one creative project

  • • Students have access to recorded lectures from their course and can choose which books to read and in what order.

    • Students will have access to weekly reading pacing guides and auto-grade quizzes.

    • This class does not include live class sessions or teacher support.

    • All recordings will be available from September 2 through the end of the following August.

  • There are many options for acquiring these books. You can order them from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or another online retailer. If you want to save money, you can check them out of the library. For most of them, you can get e-book versions or access them online and read them on your computer screen.

    Please note any particular edition or translation, as those are the ones you need; if no specifics are included, any version will work. (For any required reading not on the list, we will provide online versions.)

    Beowulf (Seamus Heaney translation)

    The Canterbury Tales, by Chaucer (We will be reading the Prologue and four tales. You can find them online, but I recommend purchasing the whole book.)

    • The Prologue

    • “The Knight’s Tale”

    • “The Franklin’s Tale”

    • “The Pardoner’s Tale”

    • “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale”

    “Gawain and the Green Knight” (J.R.R. Tolkien translation, though other translations can work)

    Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves: Book I of Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, by Roy Maynard

    Hamlet, by William Shakespeare

    Henry IV, Part 1, by William Shakespeare

    Henry IV, Part 2, by William Shakespeare

    Henry V:1989 Film directed by Kenneth Branagh (That’s right. You don’t need a print version of this play unless you want to both read and watch it. Instead of reading this week, students will watch a really good film production directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. If you can find a streaming version, great. Otherwise, try libraries.)

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare

    Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley

    Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë

    David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens

    Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad

    Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett

    1984, by George Orwell