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Module B: Texts and Ways of Thinking
This module requires students to explore and evaluate a
selection of texts relating to a particular historical period. It
develops their understanding of the ways in which scientific,
religious, philosophical or economic paradigms have shaped and
are reflected in literature and other texts. (Reread
English Stage 6 Syllabus 
, p 89)
Introduction to Elective 1: The Individual and Society
The concept of the individual appears to suggest difference, autonomy and independence from social institutions. In their responding and composing, students explore the position of individuals within social institutions, the conflict between the individual’s sense of self and social convention, and the individual as an agent for self-determination.
In this elective students are required to study at least three of the prescribed texts as well as other texts of their own choosing. In their responding and composing they explore, analyse, experiment with and critically evaluate their prescribed texts and a range of other examples relating to this elective. Texts should be drawn from a range of contexts and media and should reflect an awareness of nineteenth-century ways of thinking.
Prose Fiction
· James, Henry, The Portrait of a Lady, Penguin Classics, 1984, ISBN 014043223X
· Gaskell, Elizabeth, North and South, Penguin Classics, 1996, ISBN 0140434240
Drama
· Ibsen, Henrik, A Doll’s House, Cambridge University Press, 1995, ISBN 0521483425
Poetry
· Browning, Robert, Selected Poems, Penguin Classics, 2000, ISBN 0140437266
‘The Laboratory’, ‘Meeting at Night’, ‘Parting at Morning’, ‘My Last Duchess’, ‘Porphyria’s Lover’, ‘The Bishop Orders his Tomb at Saint Praxed’s Church’, ‘Andrea del Sarto’
Media
· Langton, Simon, Pride and Prejudice, ABC, 1995
Specific editions of the set text 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 question it will be from the listed edition.
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