Senior 4 · Literature in English

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Introduction to Literature

What literature is, what it does and how it differs from music, painting and dance; how it connects with history, science and other subjects; the features of oral literature and its myths, legends and fables; and the move from the spoken word to the written book. Language focus: prefixes and suffixes, and punctuation.

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Key Aspects of Prose

What prose is, and how fiction differs from non-fiction; the forms of fiction from the fable to the novel; characters and how writers reveal them; setting and the shape of a plot; and how to state a theme and its message. Texts include Frederick Douglass's Narrative, Saki's "The Open Window" and O. Henry's "After Twenty Years". Language focus: subordinating conjunctions.