English texts

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Hey guys,

Can somebody please post a list of all the texts that can be studied for the (HL) english course this year?

I can't find it anywhere!

I'm a repeat student and I would rather use last year's texts as I can't get a grip this year. My teacher won't give me a straight answer.

Thanks.

Ash_M

Herewith is the list of prescribed texts for the Leaving Certificate Examination, 2011
As the syllabus indicates, students are required to study from this list:

1.One text on its own from the following texts: -

BINCHY, Maeve Circle of Friends (O)
BRONTË, Emily Wuthering Heights (H/O)
IBSEN, Henrik A Doll’s House (H/O)
JOHNSTON, Jennifer How Many Miles to Babylon? (O)
MONK KIDD, Sue The Secret Life of Bees (O)
MURPHY, Tom A Whistle in the Dark (H/O)
O’CASEY, Sean The Plough and the Stars (O)
SHAKESPEARE, William Hamlet (H/O)
STEINBECK, John The Grapes of Wrath (H/O)
·One of the texts marked with H/O may be studied on its own at Higher Level and at Ordinary Level.

·One of the texts marked with O may be studied on its own at Ordinary Level.



2. Three other texts in a comparative manner, according to the comparative modes prescribed for this course.

·Any texts from the list of texts prescribed for comparative study, other than the one already chosen for study on its own, may be selected for the comparative study. Texts chosen must be from the prescribed list for the current year.

·At Higher Level and at Ordinary Level, a film may be studied as one of the three texts in a comparative study.



3. The Comparative Modes for Examination in 2011 are:

Higher Level (i) Theme or Issue
(ii) The General Vision and Viewpoint
(iii) The Cultural Context

Ordinary Level (i) Relationships
(ii)Theme
(iii)Social Setting


4. Shakespearean Drama

At Higher Level a play by Shakespeare must be one of the texts chosen. This can be studied on its own or as an element in a comparative study.

At Ordinary Level the study of a play by Shakespeare is optional.



Texts prescribed for comparative study, for examination in the year 2011



AUSTEN, Jane Emma
BINCHY, Maeve Circle of Friends
BOWEN, Elizabeth The Last September
BRANAGH, Kenneth (Dir.) As You Like It (Film)
BRONTË, Emily Wuthering Heights
CHANG, Jung Wild Swans
COETZEE, J.M. Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life
CURTIZ, Michael (Dir.) Casablanca (Film)
DALDRY, Stephen (Dir.) Billy Elliot (Film)
DICKENS, Charles Hard Times
FRIEL, Brian Dancing at Lughnasa
GAGE, Eleni North of Ithaka
HARRIS, Robert Pompeii
HOSSEINI, Khaled The Kite Runner
IBSEN, Henrik A Doll’s House

ISHIGURO, Kazuo Never Let Me Go
JOHNSTON, Jennifer How Many Miles to Babylon?
KEANE, John B Sive
MacLAVERTY, Bernard Lamb
MARTEL, Yann Life of Pi
McDONAGH, Martin The Lonesome West
McEWAN, Ian Atonement
MEIRELLES, Fernando (Dir.) The Constant Gardener (Film)
MONK KIDD, Sue The Secret Life of Bees
MOORE, Brian Lies of Silence
MURPHY, Tom A Whistle in the Dark
NGOZI ADICHIE, Chimamanda Purple Hibiscus
O’CASEY, Sean The Plough and the Stars
O’DONNELL, Damien (Dir.) Inside I’m Dancing (Film)
PETTERSON, Per Out Stealing Horses
PICOULT, Jodi My Sister’s Keeper
RADFORD, Michael (Dir.) Il Postino (Film)
ROSOFF, Meg How I Live Now
SHAKESPEARE, William Hamlet
The Tempest
SHIELDS, Carol Unless
SOPHOCLES Oedipus the King
STEINBECK, John The Grapes of Wrath
TREVOR, William The Story of Lucy Gault

If I missed anything there, if you google "English Leaving Cert 2011" or something similar, the first link is a document detailing everything including poetry and the ordinary level options. I'd recommend checking that out in case I left out anything important!