Welcome to Miss Dowler’s 11th grade English class! This year we study American literature; we begin with Puritan literature & move chronologically up through the present. This class is different from many conventional American Literature classes in that you will not simply focus on the “classic” perspective. In addition to the traditional literature, you will read literature that includes a variety of perspectives. Hopefully by the end of the year, you will understand the different foundations, genres, and movements in our country’s literary history.

Book Editions

Puritan & Early American Literature

Romantic and Transcendentalist Literature

Slave Narritives

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Harlem Renaissance Literature

Semester 1 Final Exam

1930s & 1940s

1950s ~ The Crucible

1950s ~ Beat Literature

1960s ~ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1990s ~ A Lesson Before Dying

Semester 2 Final Exam