2007-01-20 15:51:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Well, English literature refers to any literature written in the English language. Are you looking for literature that is associated with a particular country or region?
If you are referring to English literature in the United Kingdom, here are some options:
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
Hamlet, Othello, or Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
Idllys of the King, Alfred Tennyson
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
If you are looking for English literature from the United States, here are some choices:
The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allen Poe
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Farewell to Arms, Earnest Hemingway
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Those are just a few. For a more complete list, see Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_literature
2007-01-20 16:10:51 · answer #1 · answered by rcarson87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read anything by Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men, The Pearl, East of Eden, etc.
Anything by Pat Conroy: Beaches, The Lords of Discipline, The Great Santini.
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen.
Steinbeck has the knack of the common touch and develops complex tales of humans colliding with each other and their shortcoming.
Conroy's tales address some of the most common problems of youth and its tragedies. A common theme is an absent or abusive father, a flaky mother, a crew of brothers and sisters, and the joys and sorrows of young adulthood.
Jane Austen is the mistress of English manners and the caste system prevalent in England at the time. She has a sharp and caustic wit that will delight.
2007-01-20 23:59:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
Th Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
2007-01-21 00:07:16 · answer #3 · answered by mara 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beowulf is always popular with English teachers. Also try Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Or Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein.
2007-01-21 00:01:31 · answer #4 · answered by Matthew H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find any good anthology of British or American Literature. Any books that talks about Heroic Literature, Medival Literature, Shakesperian Literature, Romantic Literature, etc.
2007-01-20 23:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by fancyname 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to kill a mocking bird or The Glass Menagerie
2007-01-20 23:56:51 · answer #6 · answered by abcd 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
diary of anne frank, i know why the cage bird sings, and the mists of avalon
2007-01-21 01:55:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋