English Literature for Ages 15 to 19 Course

What you will learn in 3 lessons

1. 1

   Short Story Analysis

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   The learner analyses how complex characters develop, how authors structure time to create tension and surprise, how narration works and how theme emerges in short fiction.

   6 learning goals

   What you will learn

   1. 1.Read a short story as a compact, crafted form
   2. 2.Analyze how complex characters are built and how they change
   3. 3.Explain how structure and time create tension and surprise
   4. 4.Analyze who tells the story and how far to trust them
   5. 5.Interpret setting, symbol, and theme
   6. 6.Compare stories and write about them with evidence
2. 2

   Novel Study

   The learner tracks character, conflict, setting, symbol and theme across a whole novel, relates it to its context and writes about it.

   6 learning goals

   What you will learn

   1. 1.Read a whole novel with a plan
   2. 2.Follow character and conflict across the book
   3. 3.Read setting, symbol and pattern
   4. 4.Analyze how the novel is built and told
   5. 5.Connect themes, contexts and interpretations
   6. 6.Write about a whole novel
3. 3

   World Literature

   The learner analyses how works from other countries, in English or in translation, reflect a point of view or cultural experience and compares works across cultures.

   5 learning goals

   What you will learn

   1. 1.Read a work from another culture on its own terms
   2. 2.Analyze point of view and cultural experience in a text
   3. 3.Read works in translation with care
   4. 4.Hear postcolonial voices and how they answer empire
   5. 5.Compare works across cultures