English Courses > Great Books: Coming-of-Age
| Course Name | Great Books: Coming-of-Age |
| Course Number | 1730 |
| Grade/Meeting time | 11 Daily, quarter 12 Daily, quarter |
| Credit | .5 |
| Weight | 1.0 |
| Graduation Requirement | English |
| Prerequisite | Completion of Grade 10 English | Special Consideration | Students may self select readings for use in course projects. Parents are encouraged to review student choices since contemporary, topically appropriate materials, which may be of high interest to students, may not meet family preferences. Instructors will allow a wide range of choices from classic to contemporary works. |
| Description: Great Books: Coming-of-Age invites students to examine how childhood experiences shape one’s outlook as he/she moves towards adulthood. The course explores issues relative to the coming-of-age novel with respect to gender, cultural, and historical issues. Using the critical literary lens of bildungsroman, students will address how moral growth is essential to developing one’s identity and sense-of-self. |
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