• COURSE DESCRIPTION

    Your SpringBoard journey culminates in Grade 12 when you study literary theory and move beyond reader response to apply multiple perspectives to complex texts. You will encounter Baldwin’s “Stranger in The Village,” Orwell's “Shooting an Elephant,” Shakespeare’s Othello, and Wilde’s The Importance of Being Ernest. Throughout this final level, you will learn and apply the theories of Archetypal, Marxist, Feminist, Historical, Cultural, and Reader Response Criticism to literature in order to better understand the pieces and how biases impact our world. Rigorous reading and writing tasks synthesize your learning throughout this course. Research and film texts go hand in hand in your study of Shakespeare. You will research and analyze the ways in which historical contexts have influenced performances of Othello and compare multiple film versions of the drama.

    I requested to teach this class because I can think of no higher honor than helping seniors finish their public education with a feeling of accomplishment and grace.

    Please refer to our Canvas course and syllabus for detailed information.