AP Literature and Composition

Advanced Placement Literature and Composition emphasizes the development of skills in critical reading of imaginative literature and in analytical writing. Through a close chronological study of British poetry, drama, short stories, and novels, supplemented by additional non-British works, students will practice identifying and interpreting how stylistic patterns contribute to and construct meaning within a text. Students will examine texts within their historical and cultural context, aided by an introduction to various critical theories. As this is a college-level course, students are expected to come to class with the level of preparation required for a seminar course and to continue to develop their academic voice and university-level writing through vocabulary work, a refined understanding of literary terms, and various timed and process papers.