Summer homework for AP Literature?

I'm going into AP Literature; we have to read "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" by Thomas C. Foster and "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" by Tom Stoppard.

From what I understand about this class, you will have to do in-depth analysis of literatures by obscure and famous authors. Research papers (in MLA) will most likely play a part, but mostly just essays that tare apart the books by looking at the authors meaning, hidden meanings, relations to other books, etc.

AP Language, the class before Lit, is all about improving your writing technique. You write on everything using analysis, descriptive, persuasive, research, etc. Debates are common practice in most language classes. Here some basic Lit groundwork is laid, as you do read a multitude of books for analysis, but you dissect them based on how they are written, instead of why. Plus, you learn how to write correctly on various topics.

The work loads are heavy; classes can read anywhere from ten-fifteen chapters a night (some chapters are not even five pages) or none at all. Plus you are timed on your essays- like 90 minutes for two essays or something like that. And you write a lot. Reading material ranges from tenth grade level to collegiate level. Your vocabulary is revamped a plethora of times. Most of your tests are essays to see how you grasp the material and to see how you write; some are multiple choice, and they are used to measure your knowledge of literary devices and reading cognition; but few are fill in the blank (with a word blank-depends on teacher), and those are mainly for vocabulary assimilation.
Some teachers give lots of in-depth homework, while others give none but reading assignments. Discussions pertaining to literature are common.

Take notes; everything in language/literature can relate to one another; study, for it is a lot of memorization; and if you have questions, ask.

That's all I got for ya. But remember, I base all of this on my experiences with my teachers and the course guide for my school-yours may be different in the details, but you won't get out of analyzing or writing.

Luck with your classes next year,

Greenlover17

Well I am going to AP Lit. and I am going to read Edith Martin, does anyone have any information about the book? Is AP Lit. hard and as stressful as AP English Language and Comp..

You actually just made me almost freak out. Wow, that didn't feel good, lets not do that again. I have to maintain my state fo mind if I'm going to stand this class among others next year. The time to practice is now. lol.

Oh my gosh, that is just too much to handle. AP Lit. is going to be a very difficult and challenging subject. Are there any books you can recomend to beging?

Can I ask what you mean by 'beginning'?

Greenlover17

If you're asking about what books to read, you can try Dante's Inferno, Romeo and Juliet, Of Mice and Men, and To Kill a Mockingbird. Those are some of the books etc that I read for preparing for the AP exam.

i read an american tragedy and catcher in the rye. if you want to get ahead in this class my teacher told us we need to read the classics. charles dickens, mark twain, poe, pretty much anything thats been around since your rents where in high school or even your grandparents. lol.

alot of the stuff you can find on sparknotes are the classics.

1984, a farewell to arms, anthem, as i lay dyeing, the jungle, grapes of wrath, and the list goes on.

hope this helps.

I had to read The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand and write an essay.
I also had to read either Grendel or The Count of Monte Cristo.