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Lightning Literature & Composition World II: Latin America, Africa and Asia Student Guide

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006416
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9781578962624
Grade 11-12
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Lightning Literature & Composition World II: Latin America, Africa and Asia Student Guide

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Publisher's Description of Lightning Literature & Composition World II: Latin America, Africa and Asia Student Guide

This course focuses on seeing the world through non-western eyes. Students will read novels by internationally recognized authors from India, Chile, China, Lebanon, and beyond. Lessons continue to explore culture and worldviews, as well as character development, style, irony, setting, political fiction, satire, conflict, writing about history, and expository writing: descriptive, narrative, explanatory, and persuasive.

The student reads in the following order:

  • R. K. Narayan (India) (short stories:Malgudi Days)
  • Short Stories of India (short stories selected fromOther Voices, Other Vistas)
  • Isabel Allende (Chile) (memoir:My Invented Country)
  • Short Stories of Latin America and Japan (short stories selected fromOther Voices, Other Vistas)
  • Adeline Yen Mah (China) (memoir:A Thousand Pieces of Gold)
  • Short Stories of China (short stories selected fromOther Voices, Other Vistas)
  • Amin Maalouf (Lebanon) (essay: In the Name of Identity)
  • Stories of Africa (short stories selected fromOther Voices, Other Vistas)

Each unit includes comprehension notes and questions; historical, cultural, and literary background notes; writing exercises; and discussion questions. The Student's Guide also includes project suggestions; additional reading lists; semester, full-year, geography-coordinated schedules; and a bibliography. The answers to the comprehension questions are in the Teacher's Guide.

Recommendations: World Literature I is a prerequisite for World Literature II. Students with some cross-cultural experience could use this in grades 9 and 10. This course isespecially recommendedfor students who have completed World Literature I (see Related Items below), juniors and seniors, students interested in literature beyond that of Europe and America, students interested in cultural issues in literature, and students studying modern world history. These should not be viewed as restrictions; this course can profitably be used by high-school students of any grade regardless of which previous Lightning Literature courses they have completed. Generally speaking, this course is more difficult than the two American Literature courses, Speech, and the two nineteenth-century British Literature courses, and about the same as British Christian Literature. Much depends on student interest in the material, however.


Category Description for World Literature II: Latin America, Africa, Asia Lightning Literature

Covering world literature from India, Chile, China, and Lebanon and short stories from many countries. Literature selections include: Malgudi Days - short stories (R.K. Narayan - India), Short Stories of India selected from Other Voices, Other Vistas, My Invented Country - memoir (Isabel Allende - Chile), Short Stories of Latin America and Japan selected from Other Voices, Other Vistas, A Thousand Pieces of Gold - memoir (Adeline Yen Mah - China), Short Stories of China selected from Other Voices, Other Vistas, "In the Name of Identity" - essay (Amin Maalouf - Lebanon), and Short Stories of Africa selected from Other Voices, Other Vistas.

Lessons include comprehension notes and questions; historical, cultural, and literary background notes; writing exercises; and discussion questions. The Student Guide includes historical, cultural, and literary background information, comprehension questions, writing exercises, discussion questions and project suggestions, reading lists appropriate to the period or subject, semester and full-year schedules, and a bibliography. The Teacher's Guide is needed if you want the answers to the comprehension questions. It also provides a teaching schedule, teaching and grading aids, and a copy of the writing exercises and discussion questions for the teacher's convenience.

This course is most useful for upper level students who have already taken some literature courses. World Literature I is a prerequisite for World Literature II. Students interested in literature and cultural issues other than those of America and Europe as well as those studying modern world history will be intrigued with this course. It is more difficult than the American and British Literature courses and Speech.


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Product Format:Paperback
Grades:11-12
Brand:Hewitt Research Foundation
Author:Brenda S. Cox
ISBN:9781578962624
Length in Inches:10.75
Width in Inches:8.375
Height in Inches:0.625
Weight in Pounds:1.65
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