Course OverviewStudents will learn about the various manifestations of literature as a powerful mode of writing across cultures and throughout history. They will explore and develop an understanding of factors that contribute to the production and reception of literature, such as: ● the creativity of writers and readers ● the nature of the interaction with the writers’ and readers’ respective contexts and with literary tradition ● the ways in which language can give rise to meaning and/or effect ● the performative and transformative potential of literary creation and response. Through close analysis of literary texts in a number of forms and from different times and places, students will consider their own interpretations, as well as the critical perspectives of others. In turn, this will encourage the exploration of how viewpoints are shaped by cultural belief systems and how meanings are negotiated within them. Students will be involved in processes of critical response and creative production, which will help shape their awareness of how texts work to influence the reader and how readers open up the possibilities of texts. With its focus on literature, this course is particularly concerned with developing sensitivity to aesthetic uses of language and empowering students to consider the ways in which literature represents and constructs the world and social and cultural identities. Course Aims ● engage with a range of texts, in a variety of media and forms, from different periods, styles, and cultures ● develop skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, presenting and performing ● develop skills in interpretation, analysis and evaluation ● develop sensitivity to the formal and aesthetic qualities of texts and an appreciation of how they contribute to diverse responses and open up multiple meanings ● develop an understanding of relationships between texts and a variety of perspectives, cultural contexts, and local and global issues, and an appreciation of how they contribute to diverse responses and open up multiple meanings ● develop an understanding of the relationships between studies in language and literature and other disciplines ● communicate and collaborate in a confident and creative way ● foster a lifelong interest in and enjoyment of language and literature. |
RequirementsThe HL course must include a study of least 13 works:
● A minimum of five will be written originally in English, by authors on the Prescribed reading list; a minimum of four will be works in translation written by authors on the Prescribed reading list; four have been chosen freely. ● A minimum of three works will be studied for each area of exploration. ● Works have been selected to cover the four literary forms, three periods and four countries or regions, in at least two continents IB English III
IB English IV
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