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Module A: Comparative Study of Texts and Context

This module requires students to compare texts in order to explore them in relation to their contexts. It develops students’ understanding of the effects of context and questions of value.

(Reread English Stage 6 Syllabus , p 51)

Introduction to Elective 1: Transformations

Transformations of texts have occurred for centuries, as stories have been adapted to contemporary situations. The inspiration of the known reflects upon the new, while the new resonates with the known. This process provides the basis for study in this elective.

Students choose a pair of texts and consider the ways in which transformations generate reflections on the texts, contexts and the ways in which texts can be transformed.

Prose Fiction and Film

· Austen, Jane, Emma, Penguin Classics, 1996, ISBN 0140434151

AND

· Heckerling, Amy, Clueless, CIC, 1995

Shakespeare and Drama

Shakespeare, William, Hamlet, CambridgeUniversity Press, New Cambridge Shakespeare, 1985, ISBN 0521293669

AND

Stoppard, Tom, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, London, Faber & Faber, 1967, ISBN 0571081827

Poetry and Film

Chaucer, Geoffrey, The Pardoner’s Tale, (Middle English version. Modern English version unacceptable)

AND

Raimi, Sam, A Simple Plan, Polygram, 1999

Specific editions of the set texts are listed. Schools, however, may use any suitable edition of the text selected, if the specified edition is unavailable. Where a text is quoted in an examination it will be from the listed edition.