How do the English Senior Secondary syllabuses take into account literary theory and new ways of reading texts?
The new English syllabuses reflect the fact that the world continues to change – socially, technologically and economically. The study of a wide range of spoken, written, visual, multimedia and performance texts remains central to the syllabuses. Students will continue to learn about themselves, the world and what it is to be human through the study of texts and language. The syllabuses will enable students to understand the structures and features of texts, the role of context in creating and interpreting texts and how texts can shape values and ideologies. The syllabuses are underpinned by a number of contemporary literary theories. They reflect the view that texts are constructs created through careful selection and choice and may be interpreted differently by different responders in different contexts. They are also based on the view that meanings of texts are actively constructed by the interaction between the text, contextual factors and the reader’s experience and prior knowledg
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