Circular M 02/05 - Prescribed Material for English in the Leaving Certificate Examination

Rannóg Pholasaí, Cháilíochtaí, Qualification, Curriculum and Churaclaim agus Mheasúnachta, Assessment Policy Unit, An Rionn Oideachais agus Department of Education and Eolaíochta, Science, Bloc 2 (Bunurlár), Block 2 (Ground Floor), Sráid Maoilbhríde, Marlborough Street, Baile Átha Cliath 1 Dublin 1 Tele: (01) 809 5020 Fax: (01) 809 5048

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.

1 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 Pride and Prejudice (H, O) BRONTË, Emily Wuthering Heights (H, O) KINGSOLVER, Barbara The Poisonwood Bible (H, O) LEE, Laurie A Moment of War (O) MILLER, Arthur Death of a Salesman (H, O) O’CASEY, Sean Juno and the Paycock (O) SHAKESPEARE, William Macbeth (H, O) TYLER, Anne A Slipping-Down Life (O) WILDE, Oscar The Importance of Being Earnest (O)

 One of the texts marked with H, O may be studied on its own at Higher Level and at Ordinary Level.

 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.

 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.

3. The Comparative Modes for Examination in 2007 are:

Higher Level (i) The General Vision and Viewpoint (ii) Theme or Issue (iii) The Cultural Context

Ordinary Level (i) Hero/Heroine/Villain (ii) Theme (iii) Social Setting

2 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.

3 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

4 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

5 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

6 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

7 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

8 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 Arrival of the Bee Box Child

ROSSETTI, Christina Remember me when I am gone away

9 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