Year 11 VCE Literature
Overview of Unit 1 + 2 (from the Study Design)
Unit 1 – AOS 1: Reading Practices
In this area of study students consider how language, structure and stylistic choices are used in different literary forms and types of text. They consider both print and non-print texts, reflecting on the contribution of form and style to meaning. Students reflect on the degree to which points of view, experiences and contexts shape their own and others’ interpretations of text.
Students closely examine the literary forms, features and language of texts. They begin to identify and explore textual details, including language and features, to develop a close analysis response to a text.
Unit 1 – AOS 2: Exploration of a Literary Movement or Genre
In this area of study students explore the concerns, ideas, style and conventions common to a distinctive type of literature seen in literary movements or genres. Examples of these groupings include literary movements and/or genres such as modernism, epic, tragedy and magic realism, as well as more popular, or mainstream, genres and subgenres such as crime, romance and science fiction. Students explore texts from the selected movement or genre, identifying and examining attributes, patterns and similarities that locate each text within that grouping. Students engage with the ideas and concerns shared by the texts through language, settings, narrative structures and characterisation, and they experiment with the assumptions and representations embedded in the texts.
Unit 2 – AOS 1: Voices of Country
In this area of study students explore the voices, perspectives and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and creators. They consider the interconnectedness of place, culture and identity through the experiences, texts and voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including connections to Country, the impact of colonisation and its ongoing consequences, and issues of reconciliation and reclamation.
Students examine representations of culture and identity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ texts and the ways in which these texts present voices and perspectives that explore and challenge assumptions and stereotypes arising from colonisation.
Students acknowledge and reflect on a range of Australian views and values (including their own) through a text(s). Within that exploration, students consider stories about the Australian landscape and culture.
Unit 2 – AOS 2: The text in its context
In this area of study students focus on the text and its historical, social and cultural context. Students reflect on representations of a specific time period and/or culture within a text.
Students explore the text to understand its point of view and what it reflects or comments on. They identify the language and the representations in the text that reflect the specific time period and/or culture, its ideas and concepts. Students develop an understanding that contextual meaning is already implicitly or explicitly inscribed in a text and that textual details and structures can be scrutinised to illustrate its significance.
Students develop the ability to analyse language closely, recognising that words have historical and cultural import.
Assessment – Unit 1 & 2
Unit 1
AOS 1: Reading Practices
- Multimodal Group Presentation – Szymborska’s Poetry
- Close Analysis Essay – Szymborska’s Poetry
AOS 2: Exploration of a Literary Movement or Genre
- Formative – Quiz – The Speculative Genre
- Creative Response: Speculative Fiction
- Written Explanation: Critical Reflection
- Semester 1 Exam
UNIT 2
AOS 1: Voices of Country
- Seminar
- Comparative Essay
AOS 2: Text in its Context
- Presentation on context
- Formative scene analysis
- Text in its Context: Literary Prespectives essay
- Semester 2 Exam