{"id":573,"date":"2019-04-24T16:06:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T14:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fs.kswe.ch\/eng\/?page_id=573"},"modified":"2024-08-13T10:16:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T08:16:00","slug":"suggested-literature-for-the-final-exams-matura-oral-exams-in-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fs.kswe.ch\/eng\/suggested-literature-for-the-final-exams-matura-oral-exams-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Suggested Literature for the Final Exams (Matura Oral Exams in English)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oral Matura<\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of their Matura exams, students will either have an English or a French oral exam.
\nIf the class is allocated the English oral exam, the students will be able to choose novels or plays that they will prepare in individual study time.<\/p>\n

There are certain rules and restrictions that are explained more closely in class. Here you can find an example of a reading list, where students then choose four works in accordance with the requirements given by the English department.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Reading List<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Novels<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Abraham, Pearl. The Romance Reader<\/em>. 1995.<\/p>\n

Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart<\/em>. 1959.<\/p>\n

Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em>. 1979.<\/p>\n

Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women<\/em>. 1868.<\/p>\n

Atwood, Margret. A Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/p>\n

Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility<\/em>. 1811.<\/p>\n

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice<\/em>. 1813.<\/p>\n

Austen, Jane. Mansfield Park<\/em>. 1814.<\/p>\n

Austen, Jane. Emma<\/em>. 1816.<\/p>\n

Austen, Jane. Persuasion<\/em>. 1818.<\/p>\n

Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey<\/em>. 1818.<\/p>\n

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451<\/em>. 1950.<\/p>\n

Bront\u00eb, Anne. Agnes Grey<\/em>. 1847.<\/p>\n

Bront\u00eb, Anne. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall<\/em>. 1849.<\/p>\n

Bront\u00eb, Charlotte. Jane Eyre<\/em>. 1847.<\/p>\n

Bront\u00eb, Charlotte. Shirley<\/em>. 1849.<\/p>\n

Bront\u00eb, Charlotte. Villette<\/em>. 1853.<\/p>\n

Bront\u00eb, Charlotte. The Professor<\/em>. 1857.<\/p>\n

Bront\u00eb, Emily. Wuthering Heights<\/em>. 1847.<\/p>\n

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. A Little Princess<\/em>. 1905.<\/p>\n

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden<\/em>. 1909.<\/p>\n

Burney, Frances. Evelina: Or The History of a Young Lady\u2019s Entrance into the World<\/em>. 1778.<\/p>\n

Capote, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany\u00b4s<\/em>. 1958<\/p>\n

Carroll, Lewis. Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland<\/em>. 1865.<\/p>\n

Cormier, Robert. After the First<\/em> Death<\/em>. 1992.<\/p>\n

Cormier, Robert. Tenderness<\/em>. 1997.<\/p>\n

Conan Doyle, Arthur. A Study in Scarlet<\/em>. 1887.<\/p>\n

Conan Doyle, Arthur. The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/em>. 1902.<\/p>\n

Chevalier, Tracy. Girl With a Pearl Earring<\/em>. 1999.<\/p>\n

Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe<\/em>. 1719.<\/p>\n

Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol<\/em>. 1843.<\/p>\n

Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield<\/em>. 1849-50.<\/p>\n

Dirie, Waris. Desert Flower<\/em>. 1998.<\/p>\n

Du Maurier, Daphne. Rebecca<\/em>. 1938.<\/p>\n

Edgeworth, Maria. Castle Rackrent<\/em>. 1800.<\/p>\n

Edgeworth, Maria. Belinda<\/em>. 1801.<\/p>\n

Edgeworth, Maria. The Absentee<\/em>. 1812.<\/p>\n

Emecheta, Buchi. The Bride Price<\/em>. 1976<\/p>\n

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby<\/em>. 1926<\/p>\n

Forster, E.M. A Room with a View<\/em>. 1908.<\/p>\n

Forster, E.M. Howard\u2019s End<\/em>. 1910.<\/p>\n

Gaskell, Elizabeth. Mary Barton<\/em>. 1848.<\/p>\n

Gaskell, Elizabeth. Cranford<\/em>. 1851-3.<\/p>\n

Gaskell, Elizabeth. North and South<\/em>. 1854-5.<\/p>\n

Gaskell, Elizabeth. Sylvia\u2019s Lovers<\/em>. 1863.<\/p>\n

Gaskell, Elizabeth. Wives and Daughters<\/em>. 1865.<\/p>\n

Golding, William. Lord of the Flies.<\/em> 1954.<\/p>\n

Greene, Graham. The Third Man<\/em>. 1949.<\/p>\n

Greene, Graham. The Quiet American<\/em>. 1955.<\/p>\n

Guterson, David. Snow Falling on Cedars<\/em>. 1994.<\/p>\n

Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time<\/em>. 2003.<\/p>\n

Hardy, Thomas. Under the Greenwood Tree<\/em>. 1872.<\/p>\n

Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd<\/em>. 1874.<\/p>\n

Hardy, Thomas. The Mayor of Casterbridge<\/em>. 1886.<\/p>\n

Hardy, Thomas. The Woodlanders<\/em>. 1887.<\/p>\n

Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the d’Urbervilles<\/em>. 1891.<\/p>\n

Hardy, Thomas. Jude the Obscure<\/em>. 1895.<\/p>\n

Hedges, Peter. What\u2019s Eating Gilbert Grape<\/em>. 1991.<\/p>\n

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea<\/em>. 1952.<\/p>\n

Higgins, Colin. Harold and Maude<\/em>. 1971.<\/p>\n

Hornby, Nick. About a Boy<\/em>. 1998.<\/p>\n

Hornby, Nick. A Long Way Down<\/em>. 2005.<\/p>\n

Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner<\/em>. 2003.<\/p>\n

Hosseini, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns<\/em>. 2007.<\/p>\n

Hosseini, Khaled. And the Mountains Echoed<\/em>. 2015.<\/p>\n

Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World<\/em>. 1932.<\/p>\n

Irving, John. The World According to Garp<\/em>. 1978.<\/p>\n

Irving, John. The Hotel New Hamshire<\/em>. 1981.<\/p>\n

Irving, John. The Cider House Rules<\/em>. 1985.<\/p>\n

Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany<\/em>. 1989.<\/p>\n

Irving, John. A Widow for One Year<\/em>. 1998.<\/p>\n

Ishiguro, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go<\/em>.2005.<\/p>\n

Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Buried Giant.<\/em> 2015<\/p>\n

Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day<\/em>.1989.<\/p>\n

James, Henry. Daisy Miller<\/em>. 1878.<\/p>\n

Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest. <\/em>1963.<\/p>\n

Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees<\/em>. 2001.<\/p>\n

Kinkaid, Jamaica. Lucy<\/em>. 1990.<\/p>\n

Kleinbaum, N.H. Dead Poets Society<\/em>. 1989.<\/p>\n

Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild<\/em>. 1996.<\/p>\n

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>. 1960<\/p>\n

Lee, Harper. Go Set A Watchman<\/em>. 2015<\/p>\n

Lessing, Doris. The Fifth Child<\/em>. 1988.<\/p>\n

Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe<\/em>. 1950.<\/p>\n

Lewis, C.S. The Great Divorce<\/em>. 1945.<\/p>\n

Lowry, Lois. The Giver<\/em>. 1993.<\/p>\n

Mc Court, Frank. Angela\u00b4s Ashes<\/em>. 1996.<\/p>\n

McEwan, Ian. Atonement.<\/em> 2001.<\/p>\n

McEwan, Ian. Nutshell.<\/em> 2016.<\/p>\n

McEwan, Ian. The Children Act.<\/em> 2014.<\/p>\n

MacLaverty, Bernard. Lamb<\/em> 1980.<\/p>\n

Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eyes.<\/em> 1970.<\/p>\n

Orczy, Baroness. The Scarlet Pimpernel<\/em>. 1905.<\/p>\n

Orwell, George. Animal Farm.<\/em> 1945.<\/p>\n

Orwell, George. 1984.<\/em> 1949.<\/p>\n

Otsuka, Julie. The Buddha in the Attic<\/em>. 2011<\/p>\n

Paterson, Katherine. Jacob have I loved<\/em>. 1980.<\/p>\n

Paton, Alan. Cry, the Beloved Country<\/em>. 1948.<\/p>\n

Pilkington, Doris, Nugi Garimara. Rabbit-Proof Fence<\/em>. 2002.<\/p>\n

Rhys, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea.<\/em> 1966.<\/p>\n

Rosen, Jonathan. Eve\u2019s Apple<\/em>. 1997.<\/p>\n

Sachar, Louis. Holes<\/em>. 1998.<\/p>\n

Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye<\/em>. 1951.<\/p>\n

Sallis, Eva. Hiam<\/em> 1998.<\/p>\n

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein<\/em>. 1818.<\/p>\n

Smith, Dodie. I Capture the Castle<\/em>. 1948.<\/p>\n

Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men<\/em>. 1937.<\/p>\n

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island<\/em>. 1883.<\/p>\n

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde<\/em>.1886.<\/p>\n

Stevenson, Robert Louis. St. Ives<\/em>. 1897.<\/p>\n

Stoker, Bram. Dracula<\/em>. 1897.<\/p>\n

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit<\/em>. 1937.<\/p>\n

Twain, Mark. The<\/em> Prince and the Pauper<\/em>. 1881.<\/p>\n

Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn<\/em>. 1884.<\/p>\n

Updike, John. Rabbit Run<\/em>. 1960.<\/p>\n

Updike, John. Rabbit Redux<\/em>. 1971.<\/p>\n

Updike, John. Rabbit Is Rich<\/em>. 1981.<\/p>\n

Updike, John. Rabbit At Rest<\/em>. 1990.<\/p>\n

Vreeland, Susan. Girl in Hyacinth Blue<\/em>. 1999.<\/p>\n

Webb, Charles. The Graduate<\/em>. 1963.<\/p>\n

Wells, H.G. Time Machine<\/em>. 1895.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plays<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ayckbourn, Alan. Invisible Friends<\/em>. 1989<\/p>\n

Carr, Marina. By the Bog of Cats<\/em>. 1998.<\/p>\n

Carr, Marina. Portia Coughlan<\/em>. 1998.<\/p>\n

Churchill, Caryl. Top Girls<\/em>. 1991.<\/p>\n

Clark, Brian. Whose Life Is It Anyway?<\/em> 1978.<\/p>\n

Higgins, Tony. Wednesday\u2019s Child.<\/em> 1986.<\/p>\n

Letts, Tracy. August: Osage County<\/em>. 2007.<\/p>\n

Miller, Arthur. The Crucible<\/em>. 1953.<\/p>\n

Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. <\/em>1949.<\/p>\n

Pinter, Harold. The Homecoming<\/em>. 1965.<\/p>\n

Priestley, J.B. An Inspector Calls<\/em>. 1947<\/p>\n

Rattigan, Terence. The Winslow Boy<\/em>. 1946.<\/p>\n

Russell, Willy. Educating Rita<\/em>. 1986.<\/p>\n

Russell, Willy. Shirley Valentine<\/em>. 1990.<\/p>\n

Shaffer, Peter. Equus<\/em>. 1973.<\/p>\n

Shaffer, Peter. Amadeus<\/em>. 1980.<\/p>\n

Shakespeare, William. Taming of the Shrew<\/em>. 1592.<\/p>\n

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet<\/em>. 1595.<\/p>\n

Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. <\/em>1596.<\/p>\n

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummernight\u2019s Dream<\/em>. 1596.<\/p>\n

Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing<\/em>. 1598.<\/p>\n

Shakespeare, William. Othello<\/em>. 1603.<\/p>\n

Shakespeare, William. The Tempest<\/em>. 1611.<\/p>\n

Shaw, G.B. Pygmalion<\/em>. 1916.<\/p>\n

Shaw, G.B. Mrs Warren\u2019s Profession<\/em>. 1894.<\/p>\n

Stoppard, Tom. Arcadia<\/em>. 1988.<\/p>\n

Uhry, Alfred. Driving Miss Daisy<\/em>. 1987.<\/p>\n

Wilde, Oscar. Lady Windermere\u2019s Fan<\/em>. 1892.<\/p>\n

Wilde, Oscar. A Woman of No Importance<\/em>. 1893.<\/p>\n

Wilde, Oscar. An Ideal Husband<\/em>. 1895.<\/p>\n

Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest<\/em>. 1895.<\/p>\n

Wilder, Thornton. Our Town.<\/em> 1938.<\/p>\n

Williams, Tennessee. The Glass Menagerie<\/em>. 1945<\/p>\n

Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire<\/em>. 1948.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. Short Stories.<\/p>\n

Hemingway, Ernest. The Snows of Kilimanjaro<\/em>. 1939.<\/p>\n

Joyce, James. Dubliners<\/em>. 1914.<\/p>\n

Lessing, Doris. 9 African Stories<\/em>. 1968.<\/p>\n

Mac Laverty, Bernard. Walking the Dog<\/em>. 1994.<\/p>\n

Maugham, Somerset. Short Stories.<\/p>\n

Paley, Grace. The<\/em> Little Disturbances of Man<\/em>. 1959.<\/p>\n

Singer, I. B. Passion<\/em>. 1970.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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