The City School

Ms.Qurrat-ul-ainRoom 56, Senior II

August 2010 to May 2011

Literature in English-Syllabus 2011-2012

Why study O’level Literature?

The syllabus enables students to read, interpret and evaluate texts through the study of literature in English.

Through their studies, students learn to recognize and appreciate the ways in which writers use English to achieve a range of effects, and will be able to present an informed, personal response to the material they have studied.

The syllabus also encourages the exploration of wider and universal issues, promoting students' better understanding of themselves and of the world around them.

Literature in English 2010- Section one-Drama

Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare

Henry IV by William Shakespeare

Waiting for Goddot by Samuel Beckitt

Literature in English 2010- Section two-Novel

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Salt and Saffron by Kamila Shamsi

Literature in English 2010- Section three-Poetry

Song of ourselves University of Cambridge International

Anthology of Poetry

John KeatsSelected Poems

Lord TennysonSelected Poems

Literature in English 2010- An End Note

By taking up this course students will be able to:

communicate accurately, appropriately and effectively in speech and writing;

understand and respond imaginatively to what they hear, read and experience;

enjoy the reading of literature and appreciate its contribution to aesthetic and imaginative growth;

explore areas of universal human concern, thus leading to a greater understanding of themselves and others.

As it is said:

“Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied.“”