2014/15

IB English A: Literature Course Explained

Part 1: Literature in Translation (World Lit) [25%]

One written assignment
Due week after midterm (SL) or February (HL)

Texts:











The Outsider

Persepolis

Allah Is Not Obliged
Albert Camus

Marjane Satrapi

Ahmadou Kourouma




Part 2: Detailed Study (Oral Commentary, March) [15%]














Macbeth


The Great Gatsby


Selected Poems
William Shakespeare
F. Scott Fitzgerald

W. B. Yeats

This section constitutes 15% of your overall mark. You will be given an
extract from one of the above texts and will be expected to give a 10 minute
oral commentary on the extract and text. This will then be followed by an
interactive conversation about one of the other texts from this part.

Part 3: Literary Genre (Drama) written examination in May

A View from the Bridge

Arthur Miller

Philadelphia Here I Come

Brian Friel

[25%]

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

Playboy of the Western World

J. M. Synge

One question will be answered as part of the written examination based on the
works studied in Part 3. You will be expected to answer on at least 2 texts.
(Playboy is for HL only).
Part 4: Free Choice (Oral presentation, October)

[15%]

1. An Evil Cradling Brian Keenan

2. Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
3. Bel Canto Ann Patchet
You will deliver an oral presentation (criteria for this available on dropbox
since May 2014) of about 10-15 minutes on a topic chosen by you based on
one or more of the above works.

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Written Paper Component (May)
Paper 1: Commentary (2 hours) [20%]
Written commentary based on poetry or another text to which the techniques
of literary criticism can be applied.
Paper 2: Essay (see Part 3)

STANDARD LEVEL BREAKDOWN:

HIGHER LEVEL BREAKDOWN: