High School Literature 4: The Modern Era

Classical Track

$579.00 for LIVE

$249.00 for Self-Paced

The tricky part of creating a syllabus for the late 19th and 20th centuries is deciding what to leave out. There's so much to read and so little time, but this is an amazing course with a stunning and challenging syllabus. Literature 4: The Modern Era is perfect for the literary-minded high school junior or senior. We span a wide variety of works including books by Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Twain, Faulkner, Hemingway, and Orwell, and finish with a memorable novel from the 21st century.

This class meets on Wednesdays 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 each week

    • Answer an online, discussion question each week

    • Submit two literary analysis papers and one creative project.

  • • Students have access to recorded lectures on each reading assignment.

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

    Although we recommend following the syllabus in order, students are free to choose what to read and when.

    • This class does not include live class sessions or teacher support. Learn more about self-paced classes here.

    • 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 purchase them from a local or online retailer. You can check them out of the library. For most, you can download electronic versions or access them online and read them on your computer screen.

    If a particular edition or translation is listed, it is important to acquire that version. If no specifics are included, any version will work.

    David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens

    Miscellaneous Poems by Whitman and Dickinson (No need to buy anything. Digital versions are provided.)

    Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Pevear & Volokhonsky translation)

    The Return of the Native, by Thomas Hardy

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain

    The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Modernist Poetry (No need to obtain anything; digital versions are provided.)

    Our Town, by Thornton Wilder

    Go Down, Moses, by William Faulkner

    Animal Farm, by George Orwell

    The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway

    The Crucible, by Arthur Miller

    Lord of the Flies, by William Golding

    To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

    Flannery O’Connor Short Stories (No need to buy anything. Digital versions are provided.)

    • “A Good Man is Hard to Find”

    • “Everything That Rises Must Converge”

    Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger