The nature of this study, focusing on close attention to texts, makes it an appropriate choice for those students who enjoy language, reading and writing. The study aims to involve students in reading, writing and talking about the nature and value of a wide range of literature, to extend students’ understanding of a range of literary texts and to provide opportunities to study literature in depth.
Whilst it is beneficial to study Literature in Year 11 before selecting it in Year 12, students are welcome to join without completing Units 1 and 2.
Students consider how the form of a text affects meaning, and how writers construct their texts. They investigate ways writers adapt and transform texts and how meaning is affected as texts are adapted and transformed. They consider how the perspectives of those adapting texts may inform or influence the adaptations. Additionally, students explore the different ways individuals read and understand a text by developing, considering and comparing interpretations of a set text.
As part of this unit, students focus on the imaginative techniques used for creating and recreating a literary work. They will learn how authors develop representations of people and places, and they develop an understanding of language, voice, form and structure. Students draw inferences from the original text in order to create their own writing. Additionally, students scrutinise the language, style, concerns and construction of texts through the analysis of specific passages. They also examine how these passages contribute to their overall understanding of the whole text.
School Assessment Coursework (SAC) contributes 50 per cent to the students award. The level of achievement for Units 3 and 4 is also assessed by an end-of-year examination which will contribute the remaining 50 per cent.
Formal assessment tasks (SACs) include:
Unit 3
A written interpretation of a text, supported by close textual analysis, using a key passage.
An analysis of how textual form influences meaning.
An initial interpretation of a set text's views and values within its historical, social and cultural context.
A written response that compares/interweaves and analyses an initial interpretation with a subsequent interpretation, using a key moment from the text.
Unit 4
A creative response to a text.
A close analysis of a key passage a text which includes reflections on connections between their creative response and the original text.
A close analysis of a text, supported by an examination of textual details, based on a selection of passages.
NOTE: At least one assessment in either Unit 3 or 4 will be include the language modes of speaking and listening.
Students will also complete a two hour written examination at the end of the year.
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