Topics:
a. Types:
i. Tragedy
ii. Comedy
iii. Tragicomedy
iv. Melodrama
v. Farce
vi. Opera etc.
b. Dramatic Techniques
i. Characterization
ii. Dialogue
iii. Flashback
iv. Mime
v. Costume
vi. Music/Dance
vii. Décor/scenery
viii. Acts/Scenes
ix. Soliloquy/aside
x. Figures of Speech etc
c. Interpretation of the Prescribed Texts
i. Theme
ii. Plot
iii. Socio-political context
iv. Setting
Objectives:
Candidates should be able to:
i. identify the various types of drama;
ii. analyse the contents of the various types of drama;
iii. compare and contrast the features of different dramatic types;
iv. demonstrate adequate knowledge of dramatic techniques used in each prescribed text;
v. differentiate between styles of selected playwrights;
vi. determine the theme of any prescribed text;
vii. identify the plot of the play;
viii. apply the lessons of the play to everyday living
ix. identify the spatial and temporal setting of the play.
2. PROSE
Topics:
a. Types:
i. Fiction
- Novel
- Novella/Novelette
- Short story
ii. Non-fiction
- Biography
- Autobiography
- Memoir
iii. Faction: a combination of fact and fiction
b. Narrative Techniques/Devices:
i. Point of view
- Omniscent/Third Person
- First Person
- Second person
- Third person
- Stream of consciousness
- Epiphany
ii. Characterisation
- Round, flat, foil, hero, antihero, villain, heroine.etc
iii. Language
c. Textual Analysis
i. Theme
ii. Plot
iii. Setting (Temporal/Spatial)
iv. Socio-political context
Objectives:
Candidates should be able to:
a.i. differentiate between types of novel.
a.ii. identify the category that each
prescribed text belongs to;
a.iii. analyse the components of each type of
prose;
a.iv. identify the balance of facts and fiction
in literary faction.
b.i. identify the narrative techniques used in
each of the prescribed texts;
b.ii. determine an author’s narrative style;
b.iii. distinguish between one type of
character from another;
b.iv. Grammar, diction and clarity of
expression.
c.i. determine the thematic pre-occupation
of the prescribed text;
c.ii. indicate the plot of the novel;
c.iii. identify the setting and period/timing of
the novel.
c.iv. relate the prescribed text to social
reality.
3. POETRY
Topics:
a. Types:
i. Sonnet
ii. Ode
iii. Lyrics
iv. Elegy
v. Ballad
vi. Panegyric
vii. Epic
viii. Blank Verse, etc.
b. Poetic devices
i. Imagery
ii. Sound(Rhyme/Rhythm, repetition, pun, onomatopoeia, etc.)
iii. Diction
iv. Persona
c. Appreciation
i. Thematic preoccupation
ii. Socio-political relevance
iii. Style
Objectives:
Candidates should be able to:
a.i. identify different types of poetry;
a.ii. identify the distinctive features of the
poetic types.
b.i. determine the devices used by various
poets;
b.ii. show how poetic devices are used for
aesthetic effect in each poem;
b.iii. identify the figure of speech in the texts.
b.iv. Show how poetic devices convey
message and meaning.
c.i. Deduce the poet’s thematic
preoccupation from the poem;
c.ii. appraise poetry as an art with moral
values;
c.iii. apply the lessons from the poem to
social reality.
4. GENERAL LITERARY PRINCIPLES
Topics:
a. Literary terms:
foreshadowing, suspense, theatre, monologue, dialogue, soliloquy, symbolism, protagonist, antagonist, figures of speech, satire, stream of consciousness, synecdoche, metonymy, etc., in addition to those listed above under the different genres.
Candidates should be able to:
a.i. identify literary terms that are specific
to drama, prose and poetry;
a.ii. identify areas of overlap in all the genres
e.g. verse in drama and poetry, narration in
all the genres.
5. LITERARY APPRECIATION
Topics:
Unseen passages/extracts from Drama, Prose, and Poetry.
Objectives:
Candidates should be able to:
i. identify literary devices used in a
given passage/extract;
ii. provide an interpretation of the
given passage/extract;
iii. relate the extract to true life
experiences.