(3 IOP TEXTS)
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Students must read the first two texts at home in August.
"Ulysses" will be read in class in the first quarter and at home in the second quarter.
August 8-31st TEXT 1
978-0-143-02857-4 The God of Small Things Roy Penguin India
ISBN-10: 0141182806 ISBN-13: 978-0141182803
Do not expect us to read entire books in class. This is not possible in IB Literature HL which is really a pre-university programme with the complexity of first year college literature programmes.
September 3-29th TEXT 2
REGENERATION PAT BARKER Penguin UK (1 June 2008)
Ongoing August - December
TEXT 3
Ulysses JAMES JOYCE Penguin UK (28 March 2000)
ISBN-10: 0141030933
ISBN-13: 978-0141030937
ASSESSMENT - Formative Assessment in class through discussion and short assignments. Summative assessment through written work during the first quarter on texts 1 and 2.
Other Topics: Introduction to Literary Theory and application of those skills through practice and assessment.
Paper 1 Unseen Text Literary Essay Practice.
Resources - Prof Culler's book on Literary Threory
Mr Hoye's website and click on CRITICAL THEORY in the margin. Click on this link
http://mrhoyesibwebsite.com/
First homework - Read the different versions of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD on Mr Hoye's website. Be prepared to come to class and explain what you learned to the class.
Second Homework - Write a short report of 200 words on the ideas of Derrida regarding Deconstruction.
September - Third Homework - Essay on "The God of Small Things"
September - Fourth Homework - Essay on "Regeneration" by Pat Barker - World War 1 Poetry.
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