Classes

CLASSES

2026/2027

Classics from England, France and the United States

The goals of the class are:

to expose students to great writing from different times and places,
to think critically about what we read and what constitutes great writing,
to explore ideas that are raised in literature and relate them to our own experience,
to understand ourselves and others who are similar and different from ourselves,
to learn the different techniques by which authors express their ideas,
to express our own ideas precisely and vividly, both orally and in writing,
to learn, practice and improve different types of writing, and
to have fun reading and discussing literature.

We will study:

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Classes will meet twice a week for an hour each from early September to the end of May with vacations at Thanksgiving, Christmas and the last two weeks of Ramadan. Each class meeting is $25 per student. Contact me for exact dates and times.

GinaFTrent@gmail.com or (917) 676-1517 (Eastern Time!)