English Literature G.C.

E Ordinary Levels

SYLLABUS

1.Poetry (20)
Themes
Nature (4)
Conflict (4)
Life (4)
Society (4)
Humour (4)

2.Prose (4)

3. Drama (2)
4. Novel (1)

The Vendor of Sweets - R.K.Narayan

Prince and the Pauper -Mark Twain
Bringing Tony Home -Tissa Abeysekara
 PAPER STRUCTURE

Part 1
Section A
6 context questions (05 marks each) = (30 marks)
a) 01 mark
b) 02 marks
c) 02 marks

Section B
1 context question ( 10 marks) Novel
1) 02 marks
2) 02 marks
3) 02 marks
4) 04 marks
Part 2
4 Essay Questions (15 marks each) = (60 marks)
1.Poetry (5 options)
2.Drama (2 options)
3.Prose (4 options)
4.Fiction (3 options)
QUESTIONS?
Farewell to Barn and Stack and Tree

By A.E.Houseman

Farewell to barn and stack[1] and tree, (a)

Farewell to Severn[2] shore. (b)
Terence, look your last at me, (a)
For I come home no more. (b)

The sun burns on the half-mown hill, (c)

By now the blood is dried; (d)
And Maurice amongst the hay lies still (c)
And my knife is in his side. (d)

My mother thinks us long away;

She had two sons at rising day,

To-
 -bye;

My bloody hands and I.

I wish you strength to bring you pride,

And a love to keep you clean,
And I wish you luck, come Lammastide[3],
At racing on the green.

Long for me the rick[4] will wait,

And long will wait the fold,
And long will stand the empty plate,
 Poetic Techniques

Ballad
A simple narrative poem which is in short stanzas, usually four lines.

Narrative Style -First Person Narration

Use of words my,me

Elegy
The death of Maurice is a central incident here. The romance ends in catastrophe.

Sorrow
The whole poem makes the readers feel sorrow towards the narrator and the plot.
 Flashback
The narrator visits his past throughout the poem.
now the blood is

Flashforward
The narrator visits his future.
Eg. long will stand the empty plate, And dinner will be cold.

Empathy and Sympathy

Repetition
Eg. to the barn and stack and
for me the rick will
 Rhyming pattern

Irony
Two situations contrasting from each other.
Eg. Killing his own brother for the sake of his love. But presently he has to leave town
therefore he has lost his love forever.

Metaphor
Eg. Bloody hand

Visual Imagery
Theme

Regret over his repulsive action.

Violence is always futile.

The biblical importance of this situation.

The negative effects of love.

The simplicity and beauty of the village.

Action caused on impulse leads to disaster.

Disruption of family bonds.

The doom of youth in an English country life.

QUESTIONS?