Stage 2
English Literary
Studies
SACE Stage 2 – English Literary Studies (Year 12)
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SACE Credits
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20
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Does this subject include an exam?
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Yes
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Prerequisite(s)
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Minimum of B grade in Stage 1 English Literature or A grade in Stage 1 English recommended
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Course Content
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Students will undertake three content areas:
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Responding to Texts:
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (novel) – Jonathon Safran Foer
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Australian Poetry
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Michel Gondry
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Cosi (play) – Louis Lowra
Creating texts
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Transforming texts: Spoken word or monologue
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Prose based on perspective
Comparative study
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Between a shared text and independently chosen text
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Learning Requirements
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In this subject, students are expected to:
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understand the interplay between author, text, and context
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analyse how ideas, perspectives, and values are represented in texts and how they are received by audiences
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analyse and compare texts, through the identification of the structural, conventional, and language and stylistic features used by authors
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use evidence to develop critical reasoning and support sustained argument to justify critical interpretation of a text
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develop analytical responses to texts by considering and challenging other interpretations
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create oral, written, and/or multimodal texts that experiment with stylistic features by using and adapting literary conventions
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express ideas in a range of modes to create texts that engage the reader, viewer, or listener
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Pathways
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Admission to any university course, especially language-rich subjects and English majors at tertiary level and for TAFE studies.
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