SS1 THIRD TERM LITERATURE LESSON NOTE

SS1 THIRD TERM LITERATURE IN ENGLISH E-NOTE

1. Revision of last term’s work
2. Genres of Literature: Drama, Prose, and Poetry
3. Figures of Speech
4. Introduction of African Prose

One of the following texts shall be studied in the class

1. Buchi Emecheta: Second Class Citizens
2. Alex Agyel – Agyiri: Unexpected Joy At Dawn (2018 Edition)
3. Textual and Authorial background.
4. Plot summary of either prose listed above
5. Setting and style of the either prose listed above
6. Meticulous study and analysis of Chapters 1 – 3 of Second Class Citizen

OR Part I – Chapters 1 – 11 of Unexpected Joy At Dawn.

4. Meticulous study and analysis of Chapters4 – 6 of Second Class Citizen

OR Chapters 12 – 21 of Unexpected Joy At Dawn.

5. Meticulous study and analysis of Chapters 7 – 9 of Second Class Citizen

OR Part II – Chapters 1 –8 of Unexpected Joy At Dawn.

6. Meticulous study and analysis of Chapters 10 – 11 of Second Class Citizen

OR Chapters 9 – 16 of Unexpected Joy At Dawn.

7. MID-TERM BREAK
8. Meticulous study and analysis of Chapters12 – 13 of Second Class Citizen

OR Chapters 17 –23 of Unexpected Joy At Dawn

9. Characterisation, characters, roles, significance/ importance to the development of the plot of the text. Second Class Citizen OR Unexpected Joy at Dawn.

NOTE:

Roles played by each character in either novel must be emphasized.

10. Themes of either Prose listed above

Style, Language / Diction and Narrative Techniques of either prose listed above

Second Class Citizen:

1. Marriage without love.
2. A successful marriage is a reciprocal relationship

• Stubborn female

1. Feminist temper
2. Irresponsible husbandhood
3. The concept of Second Class Citizen e.t.c

11. Introduction to African Poems

‘Black Woman’ by Leopold Sedar Senghor

1. Themes and Content Analysis of Black Woman
2. Poetic Devices of ‘Black Woman’
3. Revision

13 Examination