Leaving Certificate 2027: Comparative Study

Theme or IssueCultural ContextGeneral Vision and ViewpointLiterary Genre

Novels & Memoir 19 texts

The Silence of the GirlsPat BarkerView notes Wuthering HeightsEmily BrontëView notes Notes from a ComaMike McCormackView notes Where the Crawdads SingDelia OwensView notes HamnetMaggie O’FarrellView notes Small Things Like TheseClaire KeeganView notes
Purple HibiscusChimamanda Ngozi AdichieComing soon
The Tenant of Wildfell HallAnne BrontëComing soon
The Great GatsbyF. Scott FitzgeraldComing soon
DraculaBram StokerComing soon
The Underground RailroadColson WhiteheadComing soon
Young SkinsColin BarrettComing soon
The Best We Could DoThi BuiComing soon
Lessons in ChemistryBonnie GarmusComing soon
The Mayor of CasterbridgeThomas HardyComing soon
1984George OrwellComing soon
Elena KnowsClaudia PiñeiroComing soon
The Spinning HeartDonal RyanComing soon
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?Jeanette WintersonComing soon

Drama 9 texts

A Raisin in the SunLorraine HansberryView notes A Doll’s HouseHenrik IbsenView notes SiveJohn B. KeaneView notes MacbethWilliam ShakespeareView notes OthelloWilliam ShakespeareView notes
Girl on an AltarMarina CarrComing soon
MedeaEuripidesComing soon
Once Before I GoPhillip McMahonComing soon
Colder Than HereLaura WadeComing soon

Film 9 texts

The Grand Budapest HotelWes AndersonView notes The Shawshank RedemptionFrank DarabontView notes BarbieGreta GerwigView notes
The Banshees of InisherinMartin McDonaghComing soon
MustangDeniz Gamze ErgüvenComing soon
Diego MaradonaAsif KapadiaComing soon
Knives OutRian JohnsonComing soon
The Third ManCarol ReedComing soon
I’m Not ScaredGabriele SalvatoresComing soon

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