Claire Keegan, Maeve Binchy Leaving Cert Syllabus 2014

Claire Keegan will now be part of the Leaving Certificate syllabus for 2014.Her story 'Foster' will feature with the work  an elite group of writers including Jane Austen and Emily Bronte.Another writer of note  on this list is the late Maeve Binchy.

Reading the list almost makes one want to repeat the leaving cert.Almost!

Texts prescribed for comparative study, for examination in the year 2014

ABRAHAMSON, Lenny (Dir.) Garage (Film)

ADIGA, Aravind The White Tiger

AUSTEN, Jane Pride and Prejudice

BALLARD, J. G. Empire of the Sun

BINCHY, Maeve Circle of Friends

BRANAGH, Kenneth (Dir.) Much Ado about Nothing (Film)

BRONTË, Emily Wuthering Heights

CUARÓN, Alfonso (Dir.) Children of Men (Film)

CURTIZ, Michael (Dir.) Casablanca (Film)

FRIEL, Brian Translations

HAMILTON, Hugo The Sailor in the Wardrobe

HARRIS, Robert Pompeii

HEMINGWAY, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea

IBSEN, Henrik A Doll’s House

ISHIGURO, Kazuo Never Let me Go

JOHNSTON, Jennifer How Many Miles to Babylon?

JONES, Lloyd Mister Pip

KAY, Jackie Red Dust Road

KEANE, John B. Sive

KEEGAN, Claire Foster

LEVY, Andrea Small Island

LEONARD, Hugh Home Before Night

LESSING, Doris The Grass Is Singing

McCARTHY, Cormac The Road

McGUINNESS, Frank Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme