Diploma Programme English A1 (SL) - Course Outline 2009-2011
Part 1 – World Literature
Three works – Prescribed World Literature
Crime and Punishment – Dostoyevsky
Camus – The Stranger/The Outsider
Kenzaburo Oe – A Personal Matter
Assessment
a) Assignment 1: Comparative study of at least two works. (20%)
Part 2 – Detailed Study
Drama: Shakespeare – Othello
Poetry: Wilfred Owen, Siegfred Sassoon
Assessment
a) Paper 1: Commentary (2 hours) (25%)
(i) Written commentary based on poetry/ any text to which literary criticism can be applied.
b) Individual Oral Commentary (15 minutes) (15%)
Part 3 – Groups of Works
Tennessee Williams - A Streetcar Named Desire
Shaw – Pygmalion
Ibsen – A Doll’s House
Assessment
a) Paper 2: Essay (2 hours) (25%)
Part 4: School’s Free Choice
Jhumpa Lahiri – The Interpreter of Maladies; R.K. Narayan – Swami and Friends
Amitav Ghosh - Sea of Poppies
Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Assessment
a) Individual Oral Presentation (10-15 minutes) (15%)
- Presentation of a topic, chosen by the candidate