Literature in English
The school has a long tradition in introducing this subject into the school curriculum. We are one of the very few schools in Hong Kong which provide this subject for students.
The study of Literature in English is incorporated in the English Language programme in Forms 1-3. This becomes an independent subject from Form 4 – Form 7.
Aims
The programme is designed to introduce students to world literature written in English. It is hoped that the students will experience the following in their study:
a. discover the joy of reading
b. develop a sensitivity to the English language
c. improve their writing and oral skills in the English language
d. become more aware of what is happening around them
e. appreciate the richness of ambiguity
f. be encouraged to formulate and voice their own thoughts
g. broaden their world view and life experience through the literary work they study
h. become more aware of the human conditions so as to become more sympathetic and empathetic to their fellow human beings
Objectives
Through the discipline, students will
a. become familiar with the background and content of literary texts as well as literary techniques employed by the writers
b. be able to articulate an informed personal response
c. be able to write clear, succinct essays which demonstrate critical and analytical skills
Curriculum
Form IV - Form VI (NSS Curriculum 2010-2013)
| Novels: | Lord of the Flies | |
| Play: | Othello | |
| Film: | The Painted Veil | |
| Short Stories | Fiction: | A Pocket Anthology (6th Edition) |
| C.P. Gilman: | The Yellow Wallpaper | |
| Edith Wharton: | Roman Fever | |
| Willa Cather: | Paul's Case | |
| J. Steinbeck: | The Chrysanthemums | |
| Shirley Jackson: | The Lottery | |
| Hisaye Yamamoto: | Seventeen Syllables | |
| Chinua Achebe: | Dead Men's Path | |
| Raymond Carver: | Cathedral | |
| Alice Walker: | Everyday Use | |
| L. Erdrich: | The Red Convertible | |
| Poetry: | The Rattle Bag | |
| W.H. Auden: | Funeral Blues; This Lunar Beauty; The Wanderer | |
| Elizabeth Bishop: | The Bight; Gathering Leaves; Stopping by Woods On a Snowly evening | |
| Philip Larkin: | At Glass; Cut Grass; Days; Seventy Feet down |
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| Sylvia Plath | Crossing the Water; Mishrooms; Pheasant; Poppies in July; Your're | |
| Unseen Poems | ||
| Internal Assessent: | 70% Exam | |
| 30% Class performance + Essays |
Form VII
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Big Fish (Film study)
The Painted Veil (Film study)
Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai
The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare
Selected Poems from Six Women Poets by Ed. Judith Kinsman
Selected prose passages and poems by the school for Practical Criticism
Internal Assessment:
70% Exam
30% Class Performance + Essay
Members
Mr. Dominic Lee
Miss Terry Kwok
Miss Rachel Wong