IB English Literature Part I (HL)

IB English Literature HL1 is year one of a two-year course of study which meets the requirements of the IB program as well as a graduation requirement of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Within the context of the IB English Literature HL course, students focus on the study of literature according to the prescribed IB guidelines. The course aims at developing an understanding of factors that contribute to the production
and reception of literature—the creativity of writers and readers, the nature of their interaction with their respective contexts and with literary tradition, the ways in which language can give rise to meaning and/or effect, and the performative and transformative potential of literary creation and response. Through close analysis of a range of literary texts in a number of literary forms and from different times and places, students will consider their own interpretations as well as the critical perspectives of others, to explore how such positions are shaped by cultural belief systems and to negotiate meanings for texts.