Uganda Senior Six (S6) Literature

This course builds upon the literary foundations established in earlier years, focusing on detailed critical analysis, interpretation, and understanding the influence of context on literary works.

Prose

European Literary Traditions 2

This unit delves into analyzing texts within their social, historical, and political contexts, specifically within the European literary tradition. Students will explore various periods, including Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, and Postmodernism, examining how these contexts shape the plot and characters.

Structure in Modern Prose

This unit focuses on exploring plot structure in modern prose. Students will learn to identify and classify structural devices like stream of consciousness, flashback, foreshadowing, motif, and juxtaposition. They will also analyze the role of different narrators, such as objective and omniscient, in shaping the narrative and conveying the author's message.

Poetry

Elegy and Epitaph

This unit explores elegies and epitaphs, focusing on their unique characteristics, tone, and atmosphere. Students will analyze the use of poetic devices like metonymy and examine how the point of view, often a first-person narrator, contributes to the overall effect of the poem.

Limericks - Rhythm and Rhyme

This unit examines limericks, focusing on their rhythm, rhyme scheme, and use of poetic devices like hyperbole, litotes, euphemism, and juxtaposition. Students will analyze how these elements contribute to the humorous and often nonsensical nature of limericks.

Free Verse

This unit explores free verse poetry, focusing on its characteristic lack of strict structure. Students will analyze the use of poetic devices like oxymoron and paradox, as well as the role of punctuation and poetic line breaks in conveying meaning.

Drama

Theatre of the Absurd

This unit delves into the Theatre of the Absurd, analyzing its characteristic use of dramatic techniques like cliché, wordplay, nonsense, cyclical plots, and character pairs. Students will explore how these techniques contribute to the themes and messages often associated with this genre, such as the meaninglessness of life and the breakdown of communication.

Radio and Television Dramas

This unit examines radio and television dramas, focusing on the interplay between dramatic techniques, themes, and messages. Students will analyze the use of sound effects, visual effects, and other elements specific to these media, exploring how they create specific effects and convey meaning. They will also consider the unique characteristics of series and soap operas within this context.

Performing Drama

This unit focuses on the practical application of dramatic techniques. Students will plan and perform selected scenes from a set drama, focusing on elements like character portrayal, dialogue, movement, and the use of props and costumes. They will also practice self-evaluation and provide constructive feedback on the performances of others.