Course Overview

The thematic context for English 11 is The American Experience. By addressing a broad selection of works – texts span the breadth of the American literary canon and collectively represent the various literary forms – students more fully appreciate the many facets of our national identity. Building upon the individual and global perspectives developed in English 9 and English 10, respectively, English 11 invites students to consider, from myriad perspectives, this extraordinary experiment we call America. The core text for the course – The Norton Anthology of American Literature, a collection of works by American authors – anchors an exciting list of texts.

• Teacher: William Fields