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Advanced Literature Comprehension

LIT 047 | High School Course

This course provides an exploration of proven masters in major genres, including epic poetry, short story, drama, and the novel. Major themes include love of self, of others, and of principle.

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The novels required may be available at a local library or bookstore.

Course Outline

1. The Great English Epic: Beowulf
2. Love in Structure: The Sonnet
3. Love through Imagination: Art Ballads and Odes
4. A Dark Side of Love: The Romantic Short Story
5. Contradiction and Contrast: The Short Story from a Victorian View
6. The Victorian Novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray
7. Modern Poetry: The Magic of Robert Frost
8. Modern Drama: Pygmalion

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Textbooks

	BYU Store	Vital Source (eBook)	Amazon*	Library
A Boy's Will & North Of Boston (Required) by: Robert Frost ISBN: 9780486268668 Novel		Purchase from: $0.99	Collectible from $3.95 New from $2.00 Used from $0.99	Borrow
Beowulf (Required) by: B Raffel ISBN: 9780451530967 Novel		Purchase from: $3.99		Borrow
Great Sonnets (Required) by: P Negri ISBN: 9780486280523 Novel		Purchase from: $2.50	Used from $1.18 New from $2.99	Borrow
Man Who Would Be King (Required) by: R Kipling ISBN: 9780486280516 Novel		Purchase from: $0.99	Used from $1.25 New from $3.85	Borrow
Picture Of Dorian Gray (Required) by: Wilde ISBN: 9780486278070 Novel	New: $5.00	Purchase from: $0.99	Collectible from $9.99 New from $3.99 Used from $1.16	Borrow
Pygmalion (Required) by: Shaw ISBN: 9780486282220 Novel	New: $4.00	Purchase from: $0.99	Collectible from $15.00 Used from $1.18 New from $0.01	Borrow
Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (Required) by: Coleridge ISBN: 9780486272665 Novel	New: $4.00	Purchase from: $0.99	Collectible from $3.95 Used from $0.01 New from $3.19	Borrow
Young Goodman Brown And Other Short Stories (Required) by: N Hawthorne ISBN: 9780486270609 Novel		Purchase from: $0.99	Collectible from $6.50 New from $3.91 Used from $0.99	Borrow

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