SSS2 Literature-in-English

COURSE OUTLINE

TERM 1: DRAMA & AFRICAN POETRY (12 Weeks)

1. African Drama: The Marriage of Anansewa (4 Weeks)

• Week 1: Background & Setting (Ghanaian folklore context)
• Week 2: Plot Analysis (Ananse’s trickery plot)
• Week 3: Characterization (Ananse, Anansewa, Christie)
• Week 4: Themes & Literary Devices (Satire, Proverbs)

2. Modern Drama: Look Back in Anger (3 Weeks)

• Week 5: Post-war British Theatre Context
• Week 6: Character Study (Jimmy Porter’s anger)
• Week 7: Themes of Class Conflict

3. African Poetry (5 Weeks)

• Week 8: The Grieved Lands of Africa (Agostinho Neto)
• Week 9: Black Woman (Léopold Sédar Senghor)
• Week 10: The Leader and The Led (Niyi Osundare)
• Week 11: Raiders of the Treasure Trove (Lade Wosornu)
• Week 12: The Song of the Women of My Land (Oumar Farouk Sesay)

TERM 2: PROSE & GLOBAL POETRY (12 Weeks)

4. Novel: To Kill a Mockingbird (5 Weeks)

• Week 1: Southern American Setting
• Week 2: Plot Analysis (Tom Robinson case)
• Week 3: Atticus Finch’s Character
• Week 4: Themes of Racism/Justice
• Week 5: Symbolism (Mockingbird motif)

5. African Prose: Unexpected Joy at Dawn (3 Weeks)

• Week 6: Migration Plot Analysis
• Week 7: Ghana-Nigeria Border Conflict
• Week 8: Character Motivations

6. Global Poetry (4 Weeks)

• Week 9: Caged Bird (Maya Angelou)
• Week 10: Bat (D.H. Lawrence)
• Week 11: Journey of the Magi (T.S. Eliot)
• Week 12: The Good Morrow (John Donne)

TERM 3: SPECIALIZED STUDY & REVISION (9 Weeks)

7. Government & Society Poems (3 Weeks)

• Week 1: A Government Driver on His Retirement (Chibuke Onu)
• Week 2: Comparative Analysis (African vs Western perspectives)
• Week 3: Poetic Devices Review

8. Practical Criticism (3 Weeks)

• Week 4: Unseen Poetry Analysis
• Week 5: Prose Passage Commentary
• Week 6: Drama Extract Interpretation

9. Exam Preparation (3 Weeks)

• Week 7: WASSCE Question Patterns
• Week 8: Essay Writing Techniques
• Week 9: Mock Examinations