Welcome to Our World Literature and Cultures Homeschool Language Arts Course

Books and Materials Needed

** denotes material available free online

Novels:

Silas Marner by George Eliot

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

**When William Came by H.H. Munro (“Saki”)

Histories/Biographies:

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano

**The Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah

Short Stories:

**Aesop’s Fables

**“The Celestial Railroad” and **“The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Latin American Short Stories

Plays:

**The Tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary

Poetry:

**Poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay

**Poetry by Xu Zhimo

Weekly Outline

Unit One: Classical to the Turn of the Century

• Week 1: Aesop’s Fables (Greece, BC)
• Weeks 2-5: The Tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary (England, 1613) &

The Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus (Roman Judea, AD 93-94)

• Weeks 6-10: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano (Nigeria-England, 1789)
• Week 11: “The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (United States, 1836)
• Week 12: “The Celestial Railroad” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (United States, 1843)
• Weeks 13-17: Silas Marner by George Eliot (England, 1861)
• Weeks 18: Midterm

Unit Two: The Modern World

• Week 19: Poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay (United States, 1892-1950)
• Weeks 20-23: When William Came by H.H. Munro “Saki” (England, 1913)
• Week 24: Poetry by Xu Zhimo (China, 1897-1931)
• Weeks 25-30: Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (South Africa, 1948)
• Weeks 31-34: Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah (China, 1999)
• Weeks 35: Latin American Short Stories (Miscellaneous)
• Week 36: Final