Leaving Certificate 2028: Comparative Study

Literary GenreTheme or IssueCultural Context

Novels & Memoir 20 texts

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

Drama 9 texts

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

Film 9 texts

The Grand Budapest HotelWes AndersonView notes
Children of MenAlfonso CuarónComing soon
BarbieGreta GerwigView notes
Winter’s BoneDebra GranikComing soon
Knives OutRian JohnsonComing soon
Diego MaradonaAsif KapadiaComing soon
The Banshees of InisherinMartin McDonaghComing soon
The Third ManCarol ReedComing soon
I’m Not ScaredGabriele SalvatoresComing soon

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