• To fortify students’ power of textual analysis and expression in speech and writing
• To extend students’ exposure to, and interest in, works of literature
• To develop students’ sensitivity in the study of literature which gives them insight into life as a whole
• To help students foster, and demonstrate, their best potentials in the HKDSE

 

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Name of Teachers	Levels
Ms Bridget Ho (Panel Head)	F.3, F.5 & F.6
Ms Manna Li	F.3 & F.4
Mr Adam Dowler	F.2
Ms Fanny Leung	F.2
Ms Karen Wong	F.2
Ms Kassel Cheung	F.2

 

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F.2-3	Coursework
Weighting (%)	100

 

F.4	First Term			Second Term
	Coursework	Tests	Mid-Year Exam	Coursework	Tests	Final Exam
Weighting (%)	10	20	70	10	20	70

 

F.5	First Term			Second Term
	Coursework	Tests	Mid-Year Exam	Coursework	SBA proposal	Tests	Final Exam
Weighting (%)	10	20	70	5	5	10	70

 

F.6	First Term
	Tests	Final Exam
Weighting (%)	30	70

 

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Content Area Reading List

 

Poetry

        Abbs, Peter and John Richardson. The Forms of Poetry: a practical study guide for

                   English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1990.

        Bloom, Harold. The Art of Reading Poetry. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2004.

        Heaney, Seamns and Ted Hughes ed. The Rattle Bag. London: Faber and Faber,1982.

        McRae, John. The Language of Poetry. London: Routledge, 1998.

        Padel, Ruth. 52 Ways of looking at a Poem. London: Vintage Books, 2002.

        Strand, Mark and Eavan Boland. The Making of a Poem. London: W.W. Norton &

                   Company, 2001.

 

Novel (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)

Bailey, James. Muriel Spark’s Early Fiction: Literary Subversion and Experiments with Form.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021.

Bower, Anne L. “The Narrative Structure of Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.”

The Midwest Quarterly, 31, 4, Summer 1990, pp. 448.

Carruthers, Gerald and MclIvanney, Liam, editors. The Cambridge Companion to Scottish

Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Gardiner, Michael and Maley,Willy. The Edinburgh Companion to Muriel Spark. Edinburgh:

Edinburgh University Press, 2010.

Jeffares, A. N. and Bushrui, Suheil, editors. York Notes on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

Beirut: Longman & York Press, 1995.

Mullan, John. How Novels Work. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.           

Robb, David S. Muriel Spark’s “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” (Scotnotes). Association for

Scottish Literary Studies, 1999.

 

 

Short Story

        Bell, James Scott. Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure. Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books,

                   2004.

        Gardner, John. The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers. New York: Vintage

                   Books, 1991.

        Gioia, Dana and R.S. Gwynn. The Art of the Short Story. New York: Pearson Longman,

                   2006.

        Gwynn, R.S. Fiction – A Pocket Anthology. New York: Pearson Education, Inc., 2009.

        Kempton, Gloria. Write Great Fiction: Dialogue. Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 2004.

        Knight, Damon. Creating Short Fiction: the Classic Guide to Writing Short Fiction.

                   New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1997.

        Kress, Nancy. Elements of Fiction Writing: Beginnings, Middles & Ends. Ohio: Writer’s

                   Digest Books, 1993.

        Kress, Nancy. Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint. Ohio: Writer’s

                   Digest Books, 2005.

        Noble, William. Elements of Fiction Writing: Conflict, Action & Suspense. Ohio:

                   Writer’s Digest Books, 1994.

        Rozelle, Ron. Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting. Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books,

                   2005.

 

Play (The Merchant of Venice)

Bailey, Amanda. "Shylock and the slaves: Owing and owning in The Merchant of Venice."

Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 62, no.1, 2011, pp. 1-24.

Ludwig, Carlos Roberto. "Is The Merchant of Venice a Comedy or a Tragicomedy?" Letras de

Hoje , vol. 56, no.1, 2021.

Lupton, Julia Reinhard. "Exegesis, Mimesis, and the Future of Humanism in The Merchant of

Venice". Religion & Literature, vol.32, no.2, 2000, pp. 123-139.

Newman, Karen. "Portia's Ring: Unruly Women and Structures of Exchange in The Merchant

of Venice." Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 38, no.1, 1987, pp. 19-33.

Spiller, Elizabeth A. "From Imagination to Miscegenation: Race and Romance in

Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice”. Renaissance Drama, vol.29, 1998, pp. 137-164.

Willson, Michael J. "View of Justice in Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice and Measure

for Measure." Notre Dame Law Review, vol. 70, No. 3, 1994, pp. 695.

  

Film

        Bergan, Ronald. Film. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2006.

        Giannetti, Louis. Understanding Movies. 12^th ed. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2010.

        Hunt, Robert Edgar, John Marland and Steven Rawle. Basics Film-making: the language

                   of film. USA: AVA Publishing SA, 2010.

 

Online Study Guides

        http://www.classicnote.com

        http://sparknotes.com

        http://yorknotes.com

        http://cliffnotes.com

 

 

 

 

 

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