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Post Primary Circualr M74/01 Prescribed Material for English in the Leaving Certificate Examination in 2004 1. The Department of Education and Science wishes to inform the management authorities of second level schools that the prescribed material for English in the Leaving Certificate Examination in 2004 is as indicated on the attached list. 2. Please bring this circular and the attached list to the notice of the teachers concerned. 3. Please provide a copy of this circular to the appropriate representatives of parents and teachers for transmission to individual parents and teachers. John Dennehy, Secretary General. October, 2001. Leaving Certificate Examination, 2004 English Herewith is the list of prescribed texts for the Leaving Certificate Examination, 2004. As the syllabus indicates, students are required to study from this list: 1. One text on its own from the following texts: - BALLARD, J.G. Empire of the Sun (O) BRONTË, Emily Wuthering Heights (H, O) ELIOT, George Silas Marner (H, O) IBSEN, Henrik A Doll’s House (H, O) MACKEN, Walter The Silent People (O) MOORE, Brian Lies of Silence (O) MC GAHERN, John Amongst Women (H, O) O’CASEY, Sean The Plough and the Stars (O) SHAKESPEARE, William Macbeth (H, O) • One of the texts marked with H, O may be studied on its own at Higher Level and at Ordinary Level. • One of the texts marked with O may be studied on its own at Ordinary Level. 2. Three other texts in a comparative manner, according to the comparative modes prescribed for this course. • Any texts from the list of texts prescribed for comparative study, other than the one already chosen for study on its own, may be selected for the comparative study. • At Higher Level and at Ordinary Level, a film may be studied as one of the three texts in a comparative study.