A Beka World Literature
Julie Grunzweig and Shelley Sharpe

Class fee $3 per trimester for copies.

Using A Beka World Literature, students will read through a collection of enjoyable prose and poetry from classics by such authors as Dickens, Poe, Goethe, Tolstoy, and Hugo. Arranged to illustrate literary devices such as character development, plot, theme, setting, and imagery, these selections encourage students to appreciate great literature. The text concludes with a brief study of excerpts from major ancient and modern works presented in historical sequence, enabling students to think through the history of ideas in Christian perspective. Some grammar and vocabulary will be introduced each week, as well as some essay writing. 

A class syllabus will be handed out at the orientation meeting and homework will be required before the first meeting. There will be an average of 18 to 22 pages of reading per week. Please make sure that you order the book in time.

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