This course offers an in-depth analysis of English-language literature and film. The student analyzes, interprets, and compares English-language literature and film in a thorough and academic manner. The student is able to draw conclusions about the meaning of the text for the reader and can make connections between the theme of literary works and socio-cultural or historical aspects of the time and culture in which they were written. 

Assessment Criteria: 

1. Knowledge of literature and film

The student demonstrates knowledge of and insight into the defining characteristics of English literature and film by using literary terms and critical methods in their analysis.

2. Knowledge of literary style, genre, and theme

The student has a knowledge of the characteristics of various genres and time periods in literature and film. The student analyses texts and is able to deduce themes of the works and link these to the work’s genre, time period, and style.

3. Knowledge of academic literary analysis

The student is able to express clear judgement and analysis of a text in well-structured academic prose using literary and cinematographic terms.

4. In order for the exam to be graded, the student’s work must be written at C1+ level English (CEFR).

Your grade for this course is based on an essay that you will write. The essay will be in the standard 5-paragraph form; although you may have four instead of three body paragraphs.

ESSAY TOPIC!!: 

(Genre: science fiction) Critics have labelled both Never Let Me Go and Interstellar as works of science fiction, yet the works differ drastically from one another. In what ways do these two works stay true (or differ) from the science-fiction genre?

Reference materials:

You need to use the BOOK: Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro

and the MOVIE: Intersellar 

It had to be written in C1 level English. 

For further questions I’m available!

In the upload files you can see an example essay about another book and movie.