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HSC English Extension Course Requirements

HSC English Extension 1 Course Requirements

Students undertaking the HSC English Extension 1 course must complete ONE elective chosen from HSC Modules A, B or C.

HSC English Extension 2 Course Requirements

In the HSC English Extension 2 course, students develop an extended composition, and document and reflect on this process.

Students undertaking the HSC English Extension 2 course must complete the Major Work.

MODULE A: GENRE

This module requires students to explore and evaluate notions of genre. It develops their understanding of the conventions and values associated with generic forms.

Each elective involves the study of at least two print texts of a particular genre, to be selected from a prescribed text list. In addition, students explore, analyse and critically evaluate a range of other examples of this genre from different contexts and media.

Students consider the ways in which genres are adapted to different times and cultures and the attitudes and values reflected by these adaptations. They examine why genres arise at particular times and the social and cultural conditions that are conducive to their endurance or recurrence in popularity. Students consider the reasons for and validity of generic distinctions.

Students develop a range of imaginative, interpretive and analytical compositions, including some that explore the possibilities of the genre for a range of audiences. These compositions may be realised in various forms, modes and media. Students investigate topics and ideas, engage in independent learning activities and develop skills in extended composition.

ELECTIVE 2: CRIME WRITING

In this elective students examine texts composed in a range of media that emcompass and scrutinise a crime and its investigation. Students consider how Crime Writing has evolved by extending, reimagining and challenging the conventions of the traditional detective story. Crime Writing presents unlimited combinations, subversions and transformations of the classic 'whodunit' murder mystery. It is often self-consciously and/or playfully reworking the elements of the 'whodunit'. Some of the elements explored in the study of Crime Writing include how changing contexts and values have brought about changes in the traditional crime stories and resulted in new conventions, new understandings of what constitutes a crime and who plays the role of detective and even what 'justice' means. Students will also account for the increasing popularity of different forms of Crime Writing while the traditional detective stories continue to retain their appeal.

In this elective students are required to study at least three of the prescribed texts, two of which must be print texts, as well as other texts of their own choosing. In their responding and composing they explore, analyse, experiment with and critically evaluate their prescribed texts and a range of other examples of this genre. They explore the diversity within the Crime Writing genre in a range of contexts and media.

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