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What is the mandatory common module for all HSC English Extension 1 students?
Literary Worlds. It is the common module studied by every Extension 1 student and provides the overarching conceptual framework within which the chosen elective is studied.
Define a 'literary world' as understood in the Literary Worlds module.
A literary world is a reality constructed by a composer through language. Texts represent and illuminate the complexity of individual and collective human lives and experiences.
State the four dimensions through which a literary world is experienced.
A literary world is experienced through four dimensions: the text itself, the composer, the responder/reader, and the broader social and cultural context.
In Literary Worlds, what four elements interact to shape a literary world and its meaning?
The interplay of context (of composer and responder), values, perspective, and literary/stylistic techniques shapes a literary world and its meaning.
What four ways of engaging with texts does the Literary Worlds module require?
Students explore, investigate, experiment with and evaluate the ways texts construct, represent and reflect literary worlds and invite readers to engage with them.
How does the Literary Worlds module say texts invite responders to engage?
Texts invite readers to engage intellectually, imaginatively and emotionally with the literary worlds they construct.
Quick check: Literary Worlds is one elective option students may choose. True or false?
False. Literary Worlds is the mandatory common module taken by all Extension 1 students; it is not an optional elective.
What textual features does Literary Worlds focus on for positioning responders?
Form, mode, structure, voice, point of view and figurative language are investigated for how they position responders and shape representations of identity and experience.
On what must both critical and imaginative responses in Literary Worlds be grounded?
All responses must be grounded in close analysis of prescribed and related texts and must respond directly to the demands of the question.
Approximately how much of the 60 indicative course hours is devoted to the common-module framing of Literary Worlds?
Approximately one third of the 60 indicative course hours is devoted to the common-module framing of Literary Worlds.
How many indicative course hours does HSC English Extension 1 have in total?
Extension 1 has approximately 60 indicative course hours in total, of which about a third frames the common module Literary Worlds.
What is the relationship between the common module and the chosen elective in Extension 1?
The common module Literary Worlds provides the overarching framework, and the chosen elective is studied within that framework rather than separately from it.
What is the focus of the elective 'Literary Homelands'?
It explores how composers represent the idea of homeland: place, belonging, displacement, diaspora, exile and the search for identity and home.
In Literary Homelands, what kinds of landscapes shape literary worlds?
Literary worlds are shaped by physical, cultural, spiritual and imagined landscapes and by the responder's relationship to place.
Which concepts construct representations of belonging and dislocation in Literary Homelands?
Perspective, memory, nostalgia and cultural heritage construct representations of belonging and dislocation.
Name techniques that evoke a sense of place in Literary Homelands.
Imagery, symbolism, motif and voice are language forms and features that evoke a sense of place and the emotional resonance of homeland.
In Literary Homelands, what shapes differing representations of homeland across texts and times?
Context and values shape how representations of homeland differ across texts and across different times.
What is the focus of the elective 'Worlds of Upheaval'?
It explores textual representations of individuals and communities navigating periods of significant social, political, cultural or personal upheaval and change.
In Worlds of Upheaval, what do literary worlds in crisis dramatise?
They dramatise conflict, disruption, revolution, instability and transformation.
How are responders positioned in Worlds of Upheaval?
Composers position responders to understand power, resistance, survival and the human response to turbulent change.