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English 11

Summer Reading:

Required:
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American
Stories Since 1970 978-1416532279 Amazon Price: $11.76

Required:
Four Major Plays: Doll's House; Ghosts; Hedda Gabler; and The Master Builder
(Oxford World's Classics) 978-0199536191 Amazon Price: $8.08

Part I

From the Anthology read the following stories:

1. “Silver Water” by Amy Bloom

2. “Caviar” by T.C. Boyle
3. “Never Marry a Mexican” by Sandra Cisneros
4. “A Real Doll” by A.M. Holmes
5. “Car Crash While Hitchhiking” by Denis Johnson
6. “The Pugilist at Rest” by Thom Jones
7. “Stone Animals” by Kelly Link
8. “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien
9. “Pilgrims” by Julie Orringer
10. “Brownies” by Z.Z. Packer
11. “The Half-Skinned Deer” by E. Annie Proulx
12. “The Caveman in the Hedges” by Stacey Richter

Choose two of the stories listed above and fill out the Worksheet for Fiction
Analysis. This should be typed, in complete sentences and ready to turn in the first
day of class. Please address all questions on the sheet.

Part II

Read the play A Doll’s House from the Four Major Plays text. We will read at least one
more of these plays, so getting this edition is vital (and cheaper than any
alternative).