[Gr 9-11] Exploring Ethics in 20th-Century Literature

Each session is a duration of two weeks. Session 1  6/29-7/10 Session 2  7/13-7/24 Session 3  7/27-8/7 Session 4  8/10-8/21 Class Schedule* Mon, Wed, Fri 2 weeks, 3 times a week 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm (EST) * The program will be automatically canceled if less than 3 students signed up for the program. (Subject to full tuition refund) Course Description Pre-requisites: Excellent reading skills and maturity. This course will examine the ways that the authors of three towering works of the 20th century -- To Kill a Mockingbird, Dune, and The Lord of the Rings -- explore central concepts in ethics through the situations and actions of their characters. This course includes a survey of key ideas and structures in ethical philosophy, close-reading analysis of these extraordinary novels, and consideration of text in relation to author, reader, and social context.  Note: This is a reading-intensive course. In order to successfully complete all three works, students will be