High School Literature 3: The Renaissance

Classical Track

$549.00 for LIVE

$249.00 for Self-Paced

Literature 3 covers more, in fact, than just the Renaissance. We start with the hilarious Spanish classic, Don Quixote followed by the very serious biblical epic, Paradise Lost. We spend time on the Romantic movement, including gothic literature and some great female authors like Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte. We read some transcendentalist essays by Emerson and Thoreau, and wrap it up with Melville's great American novel, Moby Dick.

This class meets on Tuesdays at 2 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.Item description

  • 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. Also, unless marked "abridged," please get the unabridged version.

    Don Quixote, by Cervantes (abridged Walter Starkie translation)

    Paradise Lost, by John Milton

    The Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan (The First Part)

    Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift

    Romantic Poetry, by various writers (Nothing to buy here; this poetry will be provided in digital format.)

    Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen

    Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley

    Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë

    Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe (All of the works we’ll be reading are available online if you don’t wish to acquire a print collection. All but one can be found at www.poemuseum.org.)

    • Poem: “The Raven”

    • Short Stories: “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Cask of Amontillado”

    Poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (We will be reading just short excerpts from his long poem, Idylls of the King, so it’s not necessary to acquire the whole book. If you can find a collection with all of the following, that would be great. Otherwise, all Tennyson’s work is available online.)

    • Idylls of the King (excerpts only)

    • “The Lady of Shallot”

    • “The Charge of the Light Brigade”

    • “Crossing the Bar”

    • “Break, Break, Break”

    Various Essays by Emerson and Thoreau (All of the works below can be found online if you don’t want to obtain a print collection that includes them.)

    • “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson

    • “Nature” by Ralph Waldo Emerson

    • “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau

    • “Solitude,” a chapter in Thoreau’s Walden, or Life in the Woods

    Moby Dick, by Herman Melville