English Literature A1 Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.T. S. Eliot This course is designed to increase your knowledge and appreciation of literature and to foster a lifelong enjoyment of the subject. Course content? You will study a wide range of literature from different times, cultures and traditions. HL students study 15 works of literature; SL students study 11.
The course is divided into four parts: Part One World Literature. You will study three works originally written in a language other than English. The works studied come from a range of cultures and encourage reflection and discussion on ideas from different cultural and social traditions.
The authors we will study are Federico Garcia Lorca (Blood Wedding), Albert Camus (Outsider) and Patrik Suskind (Perfume) Assessment: Coursework Part Two Detailed Study. This part of the course encourages you to study writers who have made a significant contribution to English literature (HL: three works; SL: two works).
The authors we will study are Annie Dillard (Teaching a Stone to Talk), Ian Mc Ewan (Enduring Love) and Carol Ann Duffy (A Selection of Poetry). Assessment: Oral Commentary
Part Three Group of Works. Here you will study four plays (SL three) from a range of time periods.
The authors we will study are Tennessee Williams (Streetcar Named Desire) , Willy Russell (Educating Rita), John Guare (Six Degrees of Separation) and William Shakespeare (Othello). Assessment: Examination
Part Four
School’s Free Choice. The English department chooses texts that best suits the aptitudes and interests of all students taking the course (HL: three works; SL: three works).
The texts you will study are: Scaramouche Jones by Justin Butcher, Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Marquez (HL) and Sophocles’s Antigone.
Assessment: Individual Oral Presentation
How is the course assessed? The course is assessed using a combination of examination and coursework. You will sit two written examinations at the end of Year 13: these account for 50% of your grade and assess Part Three of the course.
The remaining 50% of the marks are acquired through coursework: one (SL) or two (HL) essays on your Part One texts; an Individual Oral Presentation on the Part Four texts; an Oral Commentary on the Part Two texts.