English+II,+World+Literature

English II, World Literature Tentative Pacing Guide: (subject to change)

Course Content
 * Anticipated Time Span

__Writing Skills - Weekly Writing Prompts or Essay__ Ongoing (responses due each Friday)

__Collection 1: The Ancient Middle East 3000 BC-AD 100__** **1 week Epic: “Epic of Gilgamesh”
 * Mesopotamian Literature

__Collection 2: Ancient Greek and Roman Literature 800 BC-AD 200__ 3 weeks 800 BC-AD 200 Lyric Poem- “We Drink Your Health” Drama- Oedipus Film: Troy (based on Homer’s Iliad) Collection 3 Literature of India, China, and Japan 3 weeks 2500 BC – AD 1800s Epic:“Mahabharata” Epic: “Bhagavad-Gita” Film: “Bride and Prejudice” Tanka Haiku Collection 4 Literature of Africa and the Middle East 2 weeks 700 BC-AD 1800s Proverbs Novel: Persepolis Films: “Hotel Rwanda,” “Blood Diamond” Collection 5 European Literature from Middle Ages to the Enlightenment 2 weeks Epic:“Song of Roland” Romance- “The Grail of Perceval” Dante’s Inferno Collection 6 European Literature in the 19th Century 1 week Film- “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” Collection 7 Modern and Contemporary World Literature 4 weeks 1900- Present Film- “The Dairy of Anne Frank” Novel- All Quiet on the Western Front** discretion, based on student needs and availability of novels and other materials
 * Greek Literature
 * Roman Literature
 * Indian Literature
 * Japanese Literature
 * African Literature
 * Arabic and Persian Literature
 * Middle Age Literature
 * Note: This is a tentative schedule subject to be altered as needed at the instructor’s