Summer 2009 Required Reading

ENGLISH 2H:

You are required to read three works of literature in preparation for English 2H. The first two works are epic poems. Prior to reading, research the qualities of the epic hero. As you read, please identify those qualities in the protagonists of each work. In September, you will receive an objective, as well as a written assessment, for both works.

	Beowulf--Seamus Heaney's new verse translation
	The Odyssey -- translated by Robert Fitzgerald

The first work you are required to read is Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney. This text is available at the Baldwin Public Library, and the paperback edition may be purchased at local bookstores.

The second work you are required to read is Homer's The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. This text will be distributed to students during their English 1H classes prior to the start of summer recess.

In addition, you are required to read a third literary work for enrichment. Please take ample notes as you read, as this work may become the primary source of the research paper you will complete in the spring semester. Please select from the following:

Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights
Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Homer, The Iliad
George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest