Studying literature in your own language will help you to:
- see how the literary works are relevant to your world and
your experiences;
- make connections with theory of knowledge (TOK), the
approaches to learning and international mindedness;
- make connections with other subjects you are studying;
- become a flexible and critical reader.
What will I study?
Readers, writers and texts: This module includes the ways in
which literary texts are produced, read, interpreted, responded to and
performed, and explores the role of literature. In it, students will be developing
the skills and approaches required to engage with how meaning is created in
texts. Students will be attentive to the words on the page, the literal meaning
of words, the type of literary work being read, the themes, characters,
setting, word choice and stylistic features.
Time and space: This module considers how a
literary text interacts with the context in which it is produced and received.
Students will be developing skills and approaches required to explore how texts
are affected by a wide variety of factors such as the life of the author, the
times the author lived in, and the way the context of reception and the work
impact each other. Students will look at how the works they are reading
represent, reflect and become part of life and culture.
Intertextuality: connective texts: This module
focuses on the connections between and among diverse literary texts, traditions,
creators and ideas. In it, students will develop skills and approaches required
to compare and contrast texts in order to gain a deeper understanding of the
unique characteristics of texts and the interesting connections between them.
Students will look at how texts affect each other, and at the wide range of
ways texts can be connected and grouped.
How am I assessed?
The course
is assessed through a mix of internal and external assessment methods.
Paper 1 - Guided literary analysis: The paper
consists of two passages, from two different literary forms, each accompanied
by a question. Students will be asked to choose one of the passages and write
an analysis of it focusing on the technical or formal aspect the question
proposes or another similar aspect of the student’s choice.
Paper 2 - Comparative essay: The paper
consists of four general questions. In response to one of those questions,
students will be asked to write a comparative essay based on two works studied
in the course.
Internal Assessment
Individual Oral - This component consists of a
prepared individual oral. Students will be asked to discuss two of the works
studied in relation to a global issue present in both of them.
Entry Requirements
Standard Level – The language must be your native
first language
For further information
Please contact Irena Kell: irena.kell@parksidecc.org.uk