VCE Units 1 & 2 - Literature
VCE Units 1 & 2 - Literature
Overview
VCE Literature aims to foster students’ enjoyment and appreciation of the artistic and aesthetic merits of stories and storytelling and enables students to participate more fully in the cultural conversations that take place around them. By reading and exploring a diverse range of established and emerging literary works, students become increasingly empowered to discuss texts. As both readers and writers, students extend their creativity and high order thinking to express and develop their critical and creative voices. Students expand their frameworks for exploring literature by considering literary forms and features, engaging with language, and refining their insight into authorial choices.
Unit 1
In this unit students develop an understanding of how language, structure and stylistic choices are used in different literary forms and types of text. How these contribute to meaning and the degree to which points of view, experiences and contexts shape their own and others’ interpretations of texts. They also explore multiple elements of literary movements and genres and engage with the ideas and concerns shared by the texts.
Areas of Study
- Reading Practices: Students respond to a range of texts through close analysis.
- Exploration of literary movements and genres: Students explore conventions common to a selected movement or genre, and engage with its ideas, concerns, and representations.
Unit 2
Students explore the voices, perspectives and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and creators in a range of contexts. Students also explore the historical, social, and cultural context of a text.
Areas of Study
- Voices of Country: Students explore and reflect on the voices, perspectives, and knowledge in the texts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and creators.
- The text in its context: Students analyse and respond to the representation of a specific period and/or culture explored in a text and reflect or comment on the ideas and concerns of individuals and groups in that context.
Forms of Assessment
Close analysis of selected passages, Essay (comparative and analytical), Debate, Creative response.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
It is an advantage to have completed Year 10 Advanced English however this is not a requirement.