ST. MARY'S CANOSSIAN COLLEGE

A. Objectives

  • 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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B. Subject Teachers

Name of Teachers

Levels

Ms Bridget Ho (Panel Head)

F.3, F.4 & F.5

Ms Hermione Lai

F.3 & F.6

Mr Adam Dowler

F.2

Ms Fanny Leung

F.2

Ms Monima Pun

F.2


 

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C. Assessment System

F.2-3
Coursework
Weighting (%)
100
 
F.4
First Term
Second Term
Tests
Mid-Year Exam
Tests
Final Exam
Weighting (%)
30
70
30
70
 
F.5
First Term
Second Term
Tests
Mid-Year Exam
Tests
SBA proposal/ outline
Final Exam
Weighting (%)
30
70
20 
10
70

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

 

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D. Assessment Syllabus

 

F.4 

 
 
 
 
 
 

First Term 

 
 
 
 
 

Test  

 
 
 
 
 

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Chapters 1-2 

 
 
 
 

Test  

 
 
 
 

1 unseen poem 

 
 
 
 

Mid-Year Exam 

 
 
 
 
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Chapters 1-3 

  • 3 set poems & 1 unseen poem 

 
 
 
 
 

Second Term 

 
 
 
 

Test  

 
 
 
 

2 set poets & 1 unseen poem 

 
 
 
 

Test  

 
 
 
 

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 

 
 
 
 

Final Exam 

 
 
 
 
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie  

  • 6 set poems & 1 unseen poem 

 

 
F.5 

 
 
 
 
 
 

First Term 

 
 
 
 
 

Test  

 
 
 
 
 

4 short stories 

 
 
 
 

Test  

 
 
 
 

The Merchant of Venice: Acts I-II 

 
 
 
 

Mid-Year Exam 

 
 
 
 
  • 5 short stories 

  • The Merchant of the Venice:  Acts I-III 

 
 
 
 
 

Second Term 

 
 
 
 

Test  

 
 
 
 

The Merchant of Venice 

 
 
 
 

Test  

 
 
 
 

12 set poems & 1 unseen poem 

 
 
 
 

SBA 

 
 
 
 

SBA outline/ proposal 

 
 
 
 

Final Exam 

 
 
 
 
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie  

  • The Merchant of Venice 

  • 6 short stories 

 

F.6 

 
 
 
 
 
 

First Term 

 
 
 
 
 

Test  

 
 
 
 
 

Vertigo 

 
 
 
 

Test  

 
 
 
 

All short stories   

 
 
 
 

Test  

 
 
 
 

15 set poems & 1 unseen poem 

 
 
 
 

Final Exam  

 
 
 
 

The entire HKDSE syllabus 

 

 

 

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E. Subject Resources

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.

 

Novel (The Great Gatsby)

        Bruccoli, Matthew. Ed. New Essays on The Great Gatsby. Cambridge: Cambridge

                   University Press, 1985.

        Chambers, John B. The Novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald. London: MacMillan, 1989.

        Eble, Kenneth. F. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Twayne Publishers Inc., 1963.

        Hindus, Milton. F. Scott Fitzgerald: An Introduction and Interpretation. New York: Holt,

                   Rinehart and Winston Inc., 1968.

        Kazin, Alfred. Ed. F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Man and His Work. New York: Collier MacMillan

                   Publishers, 1974.

        Mizener, Arthur. Ed. F. Scott Fitzgerald. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc., 1963.

        Piper, Henry Dan. Fitzgerald’s The great Gatsby: The Novel, the Critics, the Background.

                   New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1970.

        Way, Brian. F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Art of Social Fiction. London: Edward Arnold, 1980.

 

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. 12th 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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