Leaving Cert English - Prescribed Material 2014
Comparative Mode

For the comparative question, students must compare either two texts or a text and a film. During the course of the two years, we will study three texts (may include one film). The following are the options available to us. The original document can be found here.
***Higher level MUST study one Shakespearean play***
ABRAHAMSON, Lenny (Dir.) Garage (Film)
ADIGA, Aravind The White Tiger
AUSTEN, Jane Pride and Prejudice
BALLARD, J. G. Empire of the Sun
BINCHY , Maeve Circle of Friends
BRANAGH, Kenneth (Dir.) Much Ado About Nothing (Film)
BRONTË, Emily Wuthering Heights
CUARÓN, Alfonso (Dir.) Children of Men (Film)
CURTIZ, Michael (Dir.) Casablanca (Film)
FRIEL, Brian Translations
HAMILTON, Hugo The Sailor in the Wardrobe
HARRIS, Robert Pompeii
HEMINGWAY, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea
IBSEN, Henrik A Doll's House
ISHIGURO, Kazuo Never Let me Go
JOHNSTON, Jennifer How Many Miles To Babylon?
JONES, Lloyd Mister Pip
KAY, Jackie Red Dust Road
KEANE, John B. Sive
KEEGAN, Claire Foster
LEVY, Andrea Small Island
LEONARD, Hugh Home Before Night
LESSING, Doris The Grass is Singing
McCARTHY, Cormac The Road
McGUINNESS, Frank Observe the Sons of Ulster
Marching Towards the Somme
MILLER, Arthur All my Sons
NGOZI ADICHIE, Chimamanda Purple Hibiscus
ORWELL, George Nineteen Eighty-Four
PICOULT, Jodi My Sister's Keeper
ROSOFF, Meg How I Live Now
SALVATORES, Gabriele (Dir.) I'm Not Scared (Film)
SALINGER, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye
SANSOM, C.J. Dissolution
SCOTT, Ridley (Dir.) Blade Runner (Film)
SHAKESPEARE, William Macbeth
Othello
TÓIBĺN, Colm Brooklyn
TREVOR, William The Story of Lucy Gault
TWAIN, Mark Huckleberry Finn
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The texts must be studied under the following modes:
Higher Level -
(i) The cultural context
(ii) The general vision and viewpoint
(iii) Theme or issue
Ordinary Level -
(i) Relationships
(ii) Social setting
(iii) Theme
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Marking Scheme
1. Honours Level -
35% of Paper Two
17.5% overall
2. Ordinary Level -
35% of Paper Two
17.5% overall
***Higher level MUST study one Shakespearean play***
ABRAHAMSON, Lenny (Dir.) Garage (Film)
ADIGA, Aravind The White Tiger
AUSTEN, Jane Pride and Prejudice
BALLARD, J. G. Empire of the Sun
BINCHY , Maeve Circle of Friends
BRANAGH, Kenneth (Dir.) Much Ado About Nothing (Film)
BRONTË, Emily Wuthering Heights
CUARÓN, Alfonso (Dir.) Children of Men (Film)
CURTIZ, Michael (Dir.) Casablanca (Film)
FRIEL, Brian Translations
HAMILTON, Hugo The Sailor in the Wardrobe
HARRIS, Robert Pompeii
HEMINGWAY, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea
IBSEN, Henrik A Doll's House
ISHIGURO, Kazuo Never Let me Go
JOHNSTON, Jennifer How Many Miles To Babylon?
JONES, Lloyd Mister Pip
KAY, Jackie Red Dust Road
KEANE, John B. Sive
KEEGAN, Claire Foster
LEVY, Andrea Small Island
LEONARD, Hugh Home Before Night
LESSING, Doris The Grass is Singing
McCARTHY, Cormac The Road
McGUINNESS, Frank Observe the Sons of Ulster
Marching Towards the Somme
MILLER, Arthur All my Sons
NGOZI ADICHIE, Chimamanda Purple Hibiscus
ORWELL, George Nineteen Eighty-Four
PICOULT, Jodi My Sister's Keeper
ROSOFF, Meg How I Live Now
SALVATORES, Gabriele (Dir.) I'm Not Scared (Film)
SALINGER, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye
SANSOM, C.J. Dissolution
SCOTT, Ridley (Dir.) Blade Runner (Film)
SHAKESPEARE, William Macbeth
Othello
TÓIBĺN, Colm Brooklyn
TREVOR, William The Story of Lucy Gault
TWAIN, Mark Huckleberry Finn
____________________________________________________
The texts must be studied under the following modes:
Higher Level -
(i) The cultural context
(ii) The general vision and viewpoint
(iii) Theme or issue
Ordinary Level -
(i) Relationships
(ii) Social setting
(iii) Theme
___________________________________________________
Marking Scheme
1. Honours Level -
35% of Paper Two
17.5% overall
2. Ordinary Level -
35% of Paper Two
17.5% overall