Rannóg Pholasaí, Cháilíochtaí,
Churaclaim agus Mheasúnachta,
An Rionn Oideachais agus
Eolaíochta,
Bloc 2 (Bunurlár),
Sráid Maoilbhríde,
Baile Átha Cliath 1
Tele: (01) 809 5020
Qualification, Curriculum and
Assessment Policy Unit,
Department of Education and
Science,
Block 2 (Ground Floor),
Marlborough Street,
Dublin 1
Fax: (01) 809 5048
M2/05
To: Management Authorities of Second Level Schools
Prescribed Material for English in the
Leaving Certificate Examination in 2007
1.
The Department of Education and Science wishes to inform the management
authorities of second level schools that the prescribed material for English in
the Leaving Certificate Examination in 2007 is as indicated on the attached
list.
2.
Please bring this circular and the attached list to the notice of the teachers
concerned.
3.
Please provide a copy of this circular to the appropriate representatives of
parents and teachers for transmission to individual parents and teachers.
John Dennehy
Secretary General
January 2005.
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Leaving Certificate Examination, 2007
English
Herewith is the list of prescribed texts for the Leaving Certificate Examination, 2007
As the syllabus indicates, students are required to study from this list:
1.
One text on its own from the following texts: AUSTEN, Jane
BRONTË, Emily
KINGSOLVER, Barbara
LEE, Laurie
MILLER, Arthur
O’CASEY, Sean
SHAKESPEARE, William
TYLER, Anne
WILDE, Oscar
Pride and Prejudice (H, O)
Wuthering Heights (H, O)
The Poisonwood Bible (H, O)
A Moment of War (O)
Death of a Salesman (H, O)
Juno and the Paycock (O)
Macbeth (H, O)
A Slipping-Down Life (O)
The Importance of Being Earnest (O)
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One of the texts marked with H, O may be studied on its own at Higher Level and
at Ordinary Level.
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One of the texts marked with O may be studied on its own at Ordinary Level.
2.
Three other texts in a comparative manner, according to the
comparative modes prescribed for this course.
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3.
Any texts from the list of texts prescribed for comparative study, other
than the one already chosen for study on its own, may be selected for
the comparative study.
At Higher Level and at Ordinary Level, a film may be studied as one of the
three texts in a comparative study.
The Comparative Modes for Examination in 2007 are:
Higher Level
Ordinary Level
(i)
The General Vision and Viewpoint
(ii)
Theme or Issue
(iii)
The Cultural Context
(i)
Hero/Heroine/Villain
(ii)
Theme
(iii)
Social Setting
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4.
Shakespearean Drama
At Higher Level a play by Shakespeare must be one of the texts chosen.
This can be studied on its own or as an element in a comparative study.
At Ordinary Level the study of a play by Shakespeare is optional.
5.
Poetry
Higher Level:
A selection from the poetry of eight poets is prescribed for Higher Level.
Students will be expected to have studied at least six poems by each poet.
Ordinary Level:
A total of 36 poems is prescribed for Ordinary Level.
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Texts prescribed for comparative study, for examination in the year 2007
ATWOOD, Margaret
Cat’s Eye
AUSTEN, Jane
Pride and Prejudice
BRONTË, Emily
Wuthering Heights
BRANAGH, Kenneth (Dir.)
Henry V (Film)
CAREY, Peter
True History of the Kelly Gang
CHEVALIER, Tracy
Girl With a Pearl Earring
COETZEE, J.M.
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial
Life
DEANE, Seamus
Reading in the Dark
DESAI, Anita
Fasting, Feasting
DEVLIN, Anne
After Easter
ELIOT, George
Silas Marner
FRAYN, Michael
Spies
HADDON, Mark
The Curious Incident of the Dog
in the Night-time
IVORY, James (Dir.)
A Room With a View (Film)
JOHNSTON, Jennifer
How Many Miles to Babylon?
JOYCE, James
Dubliners
KEANE, John B
Sive
KINGSOLVER, Barbara
The Poisonwood Bible
LEE, Laurie
A Moment of War
LIVELY, Penelope
Moon Tiger
LUMET, Sydney (Dir.)
Twelve Angry Men (Film)
MC CABE, Eugene
Death and Nightingales
MILLER, Arthur
Death of a Salesman
MOORE, Biran
Lies of Silence
NAIPAUL, V.S.
An Area of Darkness
O’BRIEN, Kate Cruise
The Homesick Garden
O’CASEY, Sean
Juno and the Paycock
PATCHETT, Ann
Bel Canto
RADFORD, Michael (Dir.)
Il Postino (Film)
SHAKESPEARE, William
Macbeth
Twelfth Night
As You Like It
SHERIDAN, Jim (Dir.)
My Left Foot (Film)
TAYLOR, Mildred
The Road to Memphis
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TOIBIN, Colm
The Blackwater Lightship
TYLER, Anne
A Slipping-Down Life
YOSHIMURA, Akira
Shipwrecks
WEIR, Peter (Dir.)
Witness (Film)
WILDE, Oscar
The Importance of Being Earnest
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Poets Prescribed for Higher Level
BISHOP, Elizabeth
The Fish
The Bight
At the Fishhouses
The Prodigal
Questions of Travel
The Armadillo
Sestina
First Death in Nova Scotia
Filling Station
In the Waiting Room
DONNE, John
The Sunne Rising
Song: Go, and catch a falling star
The Anniversarie
Song: Sweetest love, I do not goe
The Dreame (Deare love, for nothing less than thee…)
A Valediction Forbidding Mourning
The Flea
Batter my heart
At the round earth’s imagined corners
Thou hast made me
ELIOT, Thomas S
The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock
Preludes
Aunt Helen
from The Waste Land II. A Game of Chess
Journey of the Magi
from Landscapes
III Usk
IV Rannoch, by Glencoe
from The Four Quartets East Coker IV
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FROST, Robert
The Tuft of Flowers
Mending Wall
After Apple-Picking
The Road Not Taken
Birches
‘Out, Out-’
Spring Pools
Acquainted with the Night
Design
Provide, Provide
KAVANAGH, Patrick
Inniskeen Road: July Evening
Shancoduff
from The Great Hunger Section I
Advent
A Christmas Childhood
Epic
Canal Bank Walk
Lines Written on a Seat on the Grand Canal
The Hospital
On Raglan Road
MONTAGUE, John
Killing the Pig
The Trout
The Locket
The Cage
Windharp
All Legendary Obstacles
The Same Gesture
The Wild Dog Rose
Like Dolmens Round My Childhood
A Welcoming Party
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PLATH, Sylvia
Black Rook in Rainy Weather
The Times Are Tidy
Morning Song
Finisterre
Mirror
Pheasant
Elm
Poppies in July
The Arrival of the Bee Box
Child
YEATS, William Butler
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
September 1913
The Wild Swans at Coole
An Irish Airman Foresees his Death
Easter 1916
The Second Coming
Sailing to Byzantium
from Meditations in Time of Civil War:
VI, The Stare’s Nest by My Window
In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz
Swift’s Epitaph
An Acre of Grass
from Under Ben Bulben: V and VI
Politics
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Poetry Prescribed for Ordinary Level
ADCOCK, Fleur
For Heidi With Blue Hair
ARMITAGE, Simon
It Ain’t What You Do
AUDEN, W H
Funeral Blues
BEER, Patricia
The Voice
BISHOP, Elizabeth
The Fish
Filling Station
BUSHE, Paddy
Jasmine
DONNE, John
The Flea
Song: Go and catch a falling star
DUFFY, Carol Ann
Valentine
DURCAN, Paul
Going Home to Mayo
ELIOT, Thomas Stearns
Preludes
Aunt Helen
FROST, Robert
‘Out, Out’
The Road Not Taken
Acquainted with the Night
KAVANAGH, Patrick
Shancoduff
A Christmas Childhood
On Raglan Road
LEVERTOV, Denise
What Were They Like?
MONTAGUE, John
The Cage
The Locket
Like Dolmens Round My Childhood
MORGAN, Edwin
Strawberries
MULDOON, Paul
Anseo
MURPHY, Richard
Reading Lesson
NEMEROV, Howard
Wolves in the Zoo
OLDS, Sharon
The Present Moment
PLATH, Sylvia
ROSSETTI, Christina
Arrival of the Bee Box
Child
Remember me when I am gone away
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THOMAS, Edward
Adlestrop
VAUGHAN, Henry
Peace
YEATS, William Butler
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
The Wild Swans at Coole
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
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