Handbook

English and Media Studies 1A equips students with the knowledge they need in order to understand their own culture and others. Students will also develop essential skills of writing and textual analysis. This course explores the ways in which narratives work, asking students to consider the relationship between meaning and form and to explore the ways in which texts influence, or even create, our perceptions of the world. An understanding of literary and cinematic techniques is also fundamental to the conduct of modern war. The war against terrorism, for example, is also a war of ideas, conducted not least through social media. Students will investigate such issues through the study of some influential texts in the history of literature and film, as well as current texts in various media.