Honors Literature 11

Literature of Christendom

This course is a companion to the History of Christendom, introducing the student to the important works of the period, as well as to the literary styles and conventions developed in this period, both those that it borrowed from previous times, and those it expanded on or created.

Course Description

Students will become familiar with the main examples of literature of the Middle Ages; identify and examine the inter-relationship between the Greek epic (The Iliad and The Odyssey), the Roman epic (The Aeneid) and the Catholic epic (The Divine Comedy); identify the Christian virtue of chivalry and its role in Medieval society; identify the Christian virtue of courtesy and its role in Medieval society; identify the Christian metaphor of the spiritual quest to attain salvation; further the study and imitation of these genres: epic, tragedy, comedy, and rhetoric; learn to interpret and distinguish the fourfold senses of theological writings: the literal, the allegorical, the moral, and the eschatological; and trace the effect of the Christian world on the development of the literature of the Middle Ages.

Course Expectations

Students taking this course for Kolbe Honors (H) credit will have eight papers, a mid-term, and final exam each semester. Additionally, core students should expect to have daily reading and minor weekly written assignments or quizzes.

Assignment due-dates and some grades are established by the parent. To receive honors credit with Kolbe Academy, students must submit a number of designated assignments to Kolbe Academy for grading, usually exams and select papers. The parent- and Kolbe-established grades are averaged to produce the final grade for the honors course. Alternatively, a student may enroll in the Self-Paced Plus© grading assistance program to receive additional grading assistance by a Kolbe Academy faculty or staff member on designated assignments in the course. In this case, parents may still submit grades for the student to be averaged in with the required Kolbe-graded honors assignments, or they may use the teacher-graded materials only to receive credit.

Course Texts

Beowulf, anonymous, translated by David Wright
Song of Roland, anonymous, translated by Dorothy Sayers
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, anonymous, translated by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Divine Comedy: Hell, Dante Alighieri, translated by Dorothy Sayers
The Divine Comedy: Purgatory, Dante Alighieri, translated by Dorothy Sayers
The Divine Comedy: Paradise, Dante Alighieri, translated by Dorothy Sayers
The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer, Geoffrey. translated by Nevill Coghill
Richard III, William Shakespeare, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine
Macbeth, William Shakespeare, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine
The Tempest, William Shakespeare, edited by Peter Holland
Hamlet, William Shakespeare, edited by A.R. Braunmuller
A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare, edited by Russ McDonald
Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained, John Milton, edited by Christopher Ricks

Optional physical copies available for purchase for the following under the Literature 11 "Optional Material" section in the Kolbe Bookstore (digital copies are provided with the self-paced course):

The Dream of the Rood Poem & Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
Beowulf Study Guide Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
Song of Roland Study Guide Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Study Guide Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
The Divine Comedies Study Guide Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
The Canterbury Tales Study Guide Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
Medieval Shakespeare Study Guide Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
Paradise LostStudy Guide Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing

Course Plan Sample

Note that this is the digital version of the homeschool course plan, which is found in the course's associated Parent Group. This course plan is built into the Schoology course for the student.

11LiteratureSample.pdf

Course Details:

NOTE: This self-paced course will be available in its new format by August 22, 2017. It is still available in it's original format. If you are interested in the original version, please call Kolbe at 707-255-6499 to inquire.

Should you purchase the original and want to update to the new course, you can do so by paying the remaining difference in price for the new version.

Section Number	SCL-11H
Grades (Typical)	9 - 12 (11th)
Video Presenter	Mrs. Hambleton
Tuition	$499
Honors Fee	$69
Self-Paced Plus Grading Assistance (Optional)	$200
Credits (Type)	10 (Literature)
Transcript Designation	H
Self-Paced Companion Courses	History of Christendom Apologetics & Church History II
Online Companion Courses	History of Christendom Apologetics & Church History II Classical Rhetoric
Notes	Also offered at the Kolbe Core (K) level.