This is a selection of readings designed to support the second half of a two-semester, sophomore-level British literature survey sequence. It includes reflection/research questions, as well as sample term paper topics. It takes the place of a traditional printed textbook.

This is a selection of readings designed to support the first half of a two-semester, sophomore-level British literature survey sequence. It includes reflection/research questions, as well as sample term paper topics. It takes the place of a traditional printed textbook.

Each of the following essay prompts is suitable as a single midterm or late-semester writing assignment for sophomore-level British literature students. The essays themselves are intended as stand-alone key assignments, rather than a sequence. They are currently used on a rotating basis in British Literature I sections at Palo Alto College -- one per term. While they are designed to align with institutional learning objectives at Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas, the prompts are adaptable outside this context, and are available to instructors elsewhere for broader educational use. 

Each of the following essay prompts is suitable as a single midterm or late-semester writing assignment for sophomore-level British literature students. The essays themselves are intended as stand-alone key assignments, rather than a sequence. They are currently used on a rotating basis in British Literature II sections at Palo Alto College -- one per term. While they are designed to align with institutional learning objectives at Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas, the prompts are adaptable outside this context, and are available to instructors elsewhere for broader educational use. 

This resource models a possible research unit for instructors interested in guiding students through contextual literary analysis. As such, this resource outlines strategies for delving into the biographical, historical, and cultural contexts of recommended mentor texts, such as ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and ‘Hills Like White Elephants’ by Ernest Hemingway. Additionally, this resource provides a suggested pacing for the unit as well as an outline and rubric for crafting and evaluating the final essay. By the end of this section, instructors will be equipped to design their own contextual analysis research unit that suits their class interests and needs.

Author: Katherine Yoerg
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

This is a World Literature I course that utilizes open educational resources that are embedded in the online course.

From the site: "Shakespeare's Works - Shakespeare wrote at least 38 plays and over 150 short and long poems, many of which are considered to be the finest ever written in English. His works have been translated into every major living language, and some others besides (the Folger's holdings include translations in Esperanto and Klingon), and nearly 400 years after his death, they continue to be performed around the world."

"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - The Folger has copies of every play, from the earliest printings to modern editions, and we offer carefully edited print and digital texts. "

This book can be downloaded in the following formats: HTML5, HTML, E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle, EPUB, EPUB (no images), Kindle, older Kindles, Plain Text UTF-8.

This is a brief collection of excerpts from Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet.  Gibran's poetry collection is available in the Public Domain and the poems presented touch on collective human emotions and concerns.  Attributions:  The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, Public Domain; Collection of Gibran poetry excerpts by MPalmer CC BY NC 2.0; Image by JRKorpa CC BY

The American Studies program examines, from several perspectives, the development and expressions of national culture and myriad subcultures, as well as borderland and diasporic cultures. By means of a combination of foundational lecture courses, core seminars, American Studies courses, and courses from relevant disciplines (literature, history, the arts, and the social or behavioral sciences), students in the American Studies courses, and courses from relevant disciplines (literature, history, the arts, and the social or behavioral sciences), students in the American Studies program explore diverse aspects of the American experience locally, nationally, and globally. Each student chooses one of five areas of concentration: national formations; the international United States; material cultures and built environments; politics and American communities; and visual, audio, literary, and performance culture.

This course examines major works by Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner, exploring their interconnections on three analytic scales: the macro history of the United States and the world; the formal and stylistic innovations of modernism; and the small details of sensory input and psychic life.

From the site: "In the Oregon State Guide to English Literary Terms, our professors define common literary devices and offer short lessons on how to use them in essays and other forms of literary criticism. The series is designed to be a free, online, creative commons (CC BY) resource for high school and college English teachers and students, offering them tools to engage meaningfully with challenging literary texts. To see the videos, please click on the links below.

To support dual language instruction, we have added Spanish as well as English subtitles to many of our videos. If you would like to read the English or Spanish transcripts of our videos, please click on their titles and you will be directed to pages dedicated to each term."

Upon successful completion of this activity, students will
- identify and analyze the specific characteristics of various literary elements in a text, including characters, settings, symbols, and plot.
- collaborate with peers to share insights, discuss interpretations, and construct meaning together.
- compose creative formats to express their interpretations.

Author: Claire Carly-Miles
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

The fourCE for Literature is a resource for English 1302 courses. Appendix D contains content information about the elements of literature (short stories, poetry, and drama), critical approaches, and vocabulary terms, to supplement the explanation of MLA style, MLA worksheets, grammar rules, and reading strategies.