as and a level changes and suggested changes
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AS / A level
AS A level
Content overview(AREAS)
1. Social issues and phenomena
2. Politics, current affairs and history
3. Intellectual culture, past and present
THEMES1to be
studied3(1 per area) 6(2 per area)
Works
1work 2works(1 must be a book)
novels, series of shortstories, plays, selectionsof poems, life writing (suchas autobiography, lettersand journals) OR
a film or a selection of shortfilms (by theme or director)
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1Suggested themes(by the A level content advisory board - ALCAB):
French 1. Social issues and phenomena 2. Politics, current affairs andhistory
3. Intellectual culture, past and
present
Les valeurs rpublicaines(Republican values)
Lcole (Schooling) Les provinces et les rgions
(Provinces and regions)
Paris/Montral/Marseille Les DOM-TOM (Frenchoverseas departments andterritories)
La culture qubcoise(Qubcois culture)
Les Grands Projets(Monumental buildingprojects)
La lacit (Secularism/laicity) La libert dexpression
(Freedom of expression)
La rvolution franaise (TheFrench revolution)
Lempire franais et ladcolonisation (Empire anddecolonisation)
L Affaire Dreyfus (TheDreyfus case)
La guerre d'indpendancealgrienne (The Algerian warof independence)
LOccupation (TheOccupation)
La droite et la gauche enFrance (Right and Left in
France) Le renouveau delantismitisme (The revivalof antisemitism)
Le surralisme (Surrealism) La nouvelle vague (The New
Wave) Lexistentialisme
(Existentialism)
La musique populaire, de lachanson au rap (Popularmusic, from chanson to rap)
La tlvision contemporaine(Contemporary television)
La peinture impressionniste(Impressionist painting)
La ngritude/la crolit(Ngritude/crolit)
Les mathmatiquesfranaises (Frenchmathematics)
Sciences et technologiedans la France moderne(Science and technology inmodern France)
Spanish 1. Social issues and phenomena 2. Politics, current affairs and
history
3. Intellectual culture, past and
present
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German 1. Social issues and phenomena 2. Politics, current affairs andhistory
3. Intellectual culture, past and
present
Die Beziehung zwischenReligion, Kultur und Staat imdeutschsprachigen Raum(The relationship betweenreligion, culture and the statein the German-speakingterritories)
Standort Deutschland:Vorsprung durch Technik imglobalen Kontext? (LocationGermany: Advantage throughtechnology in the globalcontext?)
Tierversuche, Klonen undgenetische Manipulationmedizinische Kontroversenim deutschsprachigen Raum
(Animal experiments, cloningand genetic manipulationmedical controversies in theGerman-speaking territories)
Berufsausbildung oderUniversitt? DeutscheBildung zwischen Praxis undTheorie (Vocational trainingor university? German
d ti b t ti
Drei staatliche SystemeDeutschland, sterreich,Schweiz (Three statesystemsGermany, Austria,Switzerland)
Deutschlands Bezug zuEuropa (Germanysrelationship with Europe)
Die Energiepolitik der BRD
zwischen Individuum, Staatund globaler Zukunft (Energypolicy in the FederalRepublic of Germanybetween individual, state,and global future)
Bekmpfung der Armut inder deutschen Innen- undAuenpolitik (Combating
poverty in German domesticand external policy)
Die Auseinandersetzung mitder Nazizeit in deutschenMuseen und Gedenksttten(Engagement with Nazism inGerman museums andmemorial sites)
Die DDRIdeale und
R litt (Th GDR
Die Welt aus derPerspektive von Alexandervon Humboldt (The worldfrom the perspective ofAlexander von Humboldt)
Sigmund Freud (SigmundFreud)
Die deutsche Sprache in
der Schweiz (The Germanlanguage in Switzerland)
Das Berliner Kulturleben inder Weimarer Republik(Berlin cultural life in theWeimar Republic)
Das Wiener Burgtheater(The VienneseBurgtheater)
Der Neue Deutsche Film(New German Film)
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BOOKS
French German Spanish
mile Ajar, La Vie devant soi (1975)Guillaume Apollinaire, Calligrammes (1918)
Beaumarchais, Le Barbier de Sville (1775)Samuel Beckett, En attendant Godot (1953)Calixthe Beyala, Le petit Prince de Belleville (1992)*Mehdi Charef, Le th au harem d'Archi Ahmed (1983)Colette, Le bl en herbe (1923)Maryse Cond, Le coeur rire et pleurer (1999)Marguerite Duras, Lamant (1984)Marguerite Duras, La douleur (1985)Annie Ernaux, La place (1983)*Claire Etcherelli lise ou la vraie vie (1967)Eugne Ionesco, La cantatrice chauve (1950)*Camara Laye, Lenfant noir (1953)*Marivaux, Le jeu de lamour et du hasard (1730)Guy de Maupassant, La Maison Tellier (1881)*Prosper Mrime, Carmen (1845)Modern French Short Fiction,* ed. Johnnie Gratton andBrigitte Le Juez (Manchester, Manchester UniversityPress, 1994)Patrick Modiano, La Place de ltoile (1968)Molire, Le Tartuffe (1669)Soraya Nini, Ils disent que je suis une beurette (1993)Amlie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements (1999)Ferdinand Oyono, Une vie de boy (1956)Francis Ponge, Le parti pris des choses (1942)Jacques Prvert, Paroles (1946)*Raymond Queneau, Zazie dans le mtro (1959)Jean Racine,Andromaque (1667)Nolle Renaude, Madame Ka (1999)Lela Sebbar (ed.), Une enfance algrienne (1997)[selected texts]Ousmane Sembne, Les bouts de bois de Dieux (1960)Voltaire, Candide (1759)Joseph Zobel, La Rue Case-Ngres (1950)
Volker Braun, Unvollendete Geschichte (1977)Bertolt Brecht, Leben des Galilei (1939/1943)F.C. Delius, Der Sonntag, an dem ich Weltmeisterwurde (1994)*Friedrich Drrenmatt, Die Physiker (1962)*Julia Franck, Bauchlandung. Geschichten zum Anfassen(2000)Julia Franck (ed.), Grenzbergnge. Autoren aus Ostund West erinnern sich (2009)Jana Hensel, Zonenkinder (2002)*
Judith Hermann, Sommerhaus, spter (1998)E.T.A. Hoffmann, Der Sandmann (1816)Barbara Honigmann, Ein Kapitel aus meinem Leben(2004)Franz Kafka, Brief an den Vater (1919)Franz Kafka, Die Verwandlung (1912/1915)Wladimir Kaminer, Russendisko (2000)Inka Parei, Die Kltezentrale (2011)Bernhard Schlink, Der Vorleser (1995)Peter Schneider, Der Mauerspringer (1983)*Peter Schneider, Vati (1987)*Uwe Timm,Am Beispiel meines Bruders (2003)*Birgit Vanderbeke, Das Muschelessen (1990)*
Frank Wedekind, Frhlings Erwachen (1891)Peter Weiss, Die Ermittlung (1965)Stefan Zweig, Schachnovelle (1942) *
Josefina Aldecoa, Historia de una maestra (1990)Isabel Allende, Cuentos de Eva Luna (1990)*Isabel Allende, La casa de los espritus (1982)Dulce Chacn,Algn amor que no mate (1996)*Miguel Delibes, Cinco horas con Mario (1966)Fernando Fernn Gmez, Las bicicletas son para elverano (1984)*Gabriel Garca Mrquez, El amor en los tiempos declera (1985)Gabriel Garca Mrquez, El coronel no tiene quien leescriba (1961)Gabriel Garca Mrquez, Los funerales de la mamgrande (1962)*Adelaida Garca Morales, El sur (1981)Almudena Grandes, Modelos de mujer (1996)Molina Antonio Muoz, El dueo del secreto (1994)Pablo Neruda, Veinte poemas de amor y una cancindesesperada (1924)Arturo Prez Reverte, El Club Dumas (1993)Manuel Rivas, El lpiz del carpintero (1998)Manuel Rivas, La lengua de las mariposas (1996)*Carlos Ruiz Zafn, La Sombra del viento (2001)Juan Rulfo, Pedro Pramo (1955)*Juan Rulfo, El llano en llamas (1953)Ernesto Sabato, El tnel (1948)*
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FILMS
French German Spanish
Aux yeux du monde, dir. ric Rochant (1991)
La bataille dAlger, dir. Gillo Pontecorvo (1966)
Chocolat, dir. Claire Denis (1988)
Le dernier mtro, dir. Franois Truffaut (1980)
Entre les murs, dir. Laurent Cantet (2008)
Lesquive, dir. Abdellatif Kechiche (2003)
Un hros trs discret, dir. Jacques Audiard (1996)
Le jour se lve, dir. Marcel Carn (1939)Ma vraie vie Rouen, dir. Olivier Ducastel & JacquesMartineau (2002)
Monsieur Lazhar, dir. Philippe Falardeau (2011)
Paris je taime (multiple directors) (2006)
La rgle du jeu, dir. Jean Renoir (1939)
Rue Case-Ngres, dir. Euzhan Palcy (1983)
Aime und Jaguar, dir. M. Frberbck (1999)Alles auf Zucker! dir. D. Levy, (2004)*
Auf der anderen Seite, dir. F. Akin (2007)
Berlin 36, dir. K. Heidelbach (2009)*
Das Leben der Anderen, dir. F. Henckel vonDonnersmarck (2006)*
Das weie Band, dir. M. Haneke (2009)
Das Wunder von Bern, dir. S. Wortmann (2003)*
Der blaue Engel, dir. J. v. Sternberg (1930)
Der Untergang, dir. O. Hi rschbiegel (2004)*
Die Blechtrommel, dir. V. Schlndorff (1979)
Die Flscher, dir. S. Ruzowitzky (2007)*
Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei, dir. H. Weingartner (2004)*
Good Bye Lenin! dir. W. Becker (2003)*
Lola rennt, dir. T. Tykwer (1998)
Nirgendwo in Afrika, dir. C. Link (2001)*
Rosenstrae, dir. M. v. Trotta (2003)
Bajo la piel, dir.Francisco Lombardi (1996)
Barrio, dir. Fernando Len de Aranoa (1998)
Bienvenido Mr Marshall, dir. Luis Garca Berlanga(1953)
El bola, dir. Achero Maas (2000)
El espritu de la colmena, dir.Vctor Erice (1973)
El sur, dir. Vctor Erice (1983)
El viaje a ninguna parte, dir. Fernando Fernn Gmez(1986)
La caza, dir. Carlos Saura (1966)
La historia oficial, dir. Luis Puenzo (1985)
La lengua de las mariposas, dir. Jos Luis Cuerda(1999)
Los lunes al sol, dir. Fernando Len de Aranoa (2002)
Belle poque, dir. Fernando Trueba (1992)
El laberinto del fauno, dir. Guillermo del Toro (2006)
Cra cuervos, dir. Carlos Saura (1976)
Los santos inocentes, dir. Mario Camus (1984)
Machuca, dir. Andrs Wood (2004)
Mar adentro, dir. Alejandro Amenbar (2004)
Todo sobre mi madre, dir. Pedro Almodvar (1999)Volver, dir. Pedro Almodvar (2006)
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INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECT
French German Spanish
A historical event or building such as: LArc deTriomphe, le Centre Pompidou, le Mmorial de laDportation, le massacre du 17 octobre 1961, la prisede la Bastille (14 juillet 1789)
A person such as Franois Mitterrand, Jos Bov,Lopold Sdar Senghor, Marie Curie, ToussaintLouverture, Jeanne dArc, Louis Pasteur
Performers such as MC Solaar, or Amadou & Mariam
An issue such as Les langues minoritaires en France
A phenomenon such as 'La Sape'
A topic related to a hobby such as La France(/l'Algrie/La Cte d'Ivoire/La Belgique etc.) et la Coupedu Monde de football, Les sentiers de granderandonne, la mode en France
A comparative topic such as Les partis politiques degauche [ou de droite] en France et en Grande-Bretagne, Lart contemporain en France et en Grande-Bretagne, La gastronomie en France et en Grande-Bretagne
A historical event or building such as: Berlin am 13.August 1961, Der Reichstag
A person or group such as Angela Merkel, Kraftwerk
An issue such as Tierrecht in Deutschland (Animalrights in Germany), Einwanderung in der Schweiz(Immigration in Switzerland)
A case study such as Das Phnomen Aldi und Lidl(The Aldi and Lidl phenomenon), Azubis beiVolkswagen (Trainees at Volkswagen)
A topic related to a hobby such as Deutsche Mnzen(German coins), Der Nrburgring (The Nrburgring)
A comparative topic such as Die Ausbildung zumDolmetscher in Deutschland und Grobritannien(Training for a career as interpreter in Germany and theUK), Premier League und Bundesliga (Premier Leagueand Bundesliga), Deutsche und englische Mode(German and English fashion)
A historical event or building such as: el golpe de
estado chileno (the Chilean coup dtat) or la AlhambraA person or group such as Eva Pern, AugustoPinochet, Hugo Chvez, Che Guevara, Violeta Parra orVctor Jara
An issue such as el sistema de autonomas en Espaa(the system of devolved government in Spain) or lanarcoguerra mexicana (the Mexican drug war)
A case study such as el sndrome txico en Espaa de1981 (the Spanish cooking oil scandal of 1981), elCaso Nani (the Nani case), los atentados del 11-M (theterrorist attacks at Atocha station on 11 March 2004)
A topic related to a hobby such as la primera ascensin
del Naranjo de Bulnes (the first ascent of the Naranjode Bulnes), Real Madrid y la dcima copa de Europa(Real Madrid and their 10th European Cup) or la modaespaola (Spanish fashion)
A comparative topic such as los partidos polticos enEspaa y el Reino Unido (political parties in Spain andthe UK), Amrica Latina frente a los Estados Unidos(Latin America and the USA) or los pases anglosajonesfrente a los pases latinoamericanos en el ndice delPlaneta Feliz (Anglo Saxon and Latin Americancountries in the Happy Planet Index).