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IGCSE Literature 2014

IGCSE Literature 2014. PAPER 4. 2 hours and 15 minutes 3 essays One essay from each of the sections: drama , poetry, prose One passage-based essay One general essay The third essay can be either passage-based, a general essay or an empathic essay. Section A: DRAMA.

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IGCSE Literature 2014

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  1. IGCSE Literature 2014

  2. PAPER 4 • 2 hours and 15 minutes • 3 essays • One essay from each of the sections: drama, poetry, prose • One passage-based essay • One general essay • The third essay can be either passage-based, a general essay or an empathic essay

  3. Section A: DRAMA • Candidates must answer on one set text from this section: • ** Arthur Miller All My Sons • William Shakespeare Julius Caesar • * William Shakespeare The Tempest • * Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

  4. Section B: Prose • * TsitsiDangarembgaNervous Conditions • * Anita Desai Fasting, Feasting • Kiran Desai Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard • ** George Eliot Silas Marner • ** Susan Hill I’m the King of the Castle • * 10 short stories from Stories of Ourselves

  5. Section C: Poetry • Sujata Bhatt, ‘A Different History’ • Gerard Manley Hopkins, ‘Pied Beauty’ • Allen Curnow, ‘Continuum’ • Edwin Muir, ‘Horses’ • Judith Wright, ‘Hunting Snake’ • Ted Hughes, ‘Pike’ • Christina Rossetti, ‘A Birthday’ • Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ‘The Woodspurge’ • Kevin Halligan, ‘The Cockroach’ • Margaret Atwood, ‘The City Planners’ • Boey Kim Cheng, ‘The Planners’ • Norman MacCaig, ‘Summer Farm’ • Elizabeth Brewster, ‘Where I Come From’ • William Wordsworth, ‘Sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge’

  6. PAPER 5 • 45 minute exam • One essay • Any section • Any type of essay : passage-based, a general essay or an empathic essay.

  7. Text list for PAPER 5 • ** Jane Austen Northanger Abbey • Carol Ann Duffy -fourteen poems • * Helen Dunmore The Siege • ** from Jo Philips - fourteen poems • * William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream • ** Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde • Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  8. Passage based essay • A passage selected from the text • A question provided – In what way is this text a particularly dramatic moment in the play? • Study of language and how it is used for effect • Stay close to the text

  9. General essay question • Organised essay – introduction, development, conclusion • Questions on characters and themes • You need to display a thorough knowledge of the texts studied • You are expected to quote or refer closely to events in the text

  10. Empathic essay • A more creative essay • Adopt the ”voice” of one of the characters at a particular moment in the play/novel • Show how he would react • Model your answer on the way the character speaks • Show you have a close understanding of the character and the events

  11. AIMS • • enjoy the experience of reading literature; • • understand and respond to literary texts in different forms and from different periods and cultures; • • communicate an informed personal response appropriately and effectively; • • appreciate different ways in which writers achieve their effects; • • experience literature’s contribution to aesthetic, imaginative and intellectual growth; • • explore the contribution of literature to an understanding of areas of human concern.

  12. ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES • AO1: Show detailed knowledge of the content of literary texts in the three main forms (Drama, Poetry, and Prose); 25% • AO2: Understand the meanings of literary texts and their contexts, and explore texts beyond surface • meanings to show deeper awareness of ideas and attitudes; 25% • AO3: Recognise and appreciate ways in which writers use language, structure, and form to create and • shape meanings and effects; 25% • AO4: Communicate a sensitive and informed personal response to literary texts. 25%

  13. Grades • From A* to F is officially a pass • G is a fail • A* to C are the grades you should achieve if you want to use your IGCSE for official purposes – university entrance…

  14. Now it’s time to start working!!

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