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Texts were selected in accordance with the following criteria and guidelines.  \nCriteria for text selection  \nEach text selected for the VCE Literature text list will:  \n• have literary merit  \n• be an excellent example of form and genre  \n• sustain intensive study, raising interesting issues and providing challenging ideas  \n• reflect current community standards and expectations in the context of senior secondary study of texts. The text list will:  \n• be suitable for a diverse student cohort from a range of backgrounds and contexts, including students for whom English is an additional language  \n• reflect the cultural diversity of the Victorian community  \n• include texts by Australians, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples  \n• include a balance of new and established works*, including a Shakespearean text  \n• include texts that display affirming perspectives  \n• reflect engagement with global perspectives.  \n* Established works include texts that are recognised as having enduring, artistic value.  \nGuidelines for text selection  \nThe text list for VCE Literature must adhere to the following guidelines:  \n• The text list will contain 30 texts.  \n• The text list must represent a range of texts in the following approximate proportions:  \n− 9 novels  \n− 9 plays  \n− 3 collections of short stories  \n− 3 other works of literature  \n− 6 collections of poetry.  \n• One-third of texts on the text list must be by Australian authors.  \n• Approximately 75% of texts on the text list would be expected to be familiar* to most VCE Literature teachers.  \n• The text list must contain titles that are different from those on the VCE English and English as an Additional Language (EAL) Text List.  \n• The text list will be reviewed annually, with approximately 25% of the texts being changed. No text will appear for more than four consecutive years or fewer than two years.  \n• Texts will be accompanied by full bibliographic details, where necessary.  \n*Familiar texts can include canonical texts, texts that have been publicly acknowledged as significant through mechanisms like awards or accolades, texts of literary merit that have been adapted into film or other forms, and texts of literary merit that have been reviewed across national and international publications.  \nInformation for schools  \nTeachers must consider the text list in conjunction with the relevant text selection information published in the VCE Literature Study Design 2023–2027 for Units 3 and 4.  \nThe selection must include:  \n• one novel  \n• one collection of poetry  \n• one play  \n• two further texts selected from novels, plays, collections of poetry, collections of short stories or other literature.  \nAt least one of the texts selected must be Australian.  \nStudents must study a sixth text for Unit 3 Area of Study 1. The text used for Unit 3 Area of Study 1 must bean adaptation of one of the five required texts selected from the text list published by the VCAA. The text may take the form of, but is not limited to, a:  \n• live performance by a professional theatre company  \n• film or screenplay  \n• television miniseries  \n• play script.  \nA student adaptation cannot be used as the adaptation text for Unit 3 Area of Study 1.  \nThe supplementary reading studied for Unit 3 Area of Study 2 is not prescribed.  \nNo text or part of a text studied in Units 1 and 2 may be studied again in Units 3 and 4.  \nThe selection of texts should ensure that students experience a range of literature from early to contemporary works, dealing with a diversity of cultural experiences and a range of viewpoints.  \nStudents are encouraged to read widely in both Units 3 and 4 to support the achievement of all outcomes.  \nWhile the VCAA considers all the texts on the text list","cbCaifBwOAx4ThZB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifBwOAx4ThZB","pdf",291974,18,"English","# Criteria for text selection\n# Guidelines for text selection\n# Information for schools\n# Key to codes\n# Text list\n## Novels\n## Plays","[{\"question\":\"How do schools determine the required selections for teaching?\",\"answer\":\"Schools must include one novel, one poetry collection, one play, and two further texts drawn from specified text categories. 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