Advanced World Literature is a course that will prepare students for the rigors of college academics by challenging them to read actively, think critically, and research effectively, write analytically, and speak formally about the great masterpieces of British and World Literature. Selections will include Beowulf, The Illiad, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Dante's Inferno, Ibsen's A Doll's House, Macbeth and Hamlet and selections by authors such as Anton Chekov, Nikolai Gogol, Isak Dinesen, Franz, Kafka, Luigi Pirandello, and others. Video resources will be utilized to engage the students in Media comparison activities.