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ISC Class 11 English Literature: Chapter-wise Notes and PYQs

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ISC · Class 11 · 2026-27

ISC Class 11 English Literature: chapter-wise study guide

All 13 chapters of ISC Class 11 English Literature for the 2026-27 session. Each chapter page explains the ideas, gives tricks to remember them, shows where students lose marks, and links to practice.

  • 13 chapters
  • 12 topic pages
Start with the first chapter

Exam note: Literature in English (English 801). Class XI is a school examination: CISCE says the Class XI final examination is conducted internally by schools, on the Class XI texts only: Macbeth Acts I and II, five stories from Prism and five poems from Rhapsody. The ISC 2028 syllabus gives Paper I (Theory, 3 hours, 80 marks) and Paper II (one written assignment, 20 marks, assessed in school). Modern English candidates study different texts (Pygmalion, Perspectives, Reflections).

Drama

  1. Macbeth – Act I

  2. Macbeth – Act II

Prose: Prism

  1. A Living God – Lafcadio Hearn

  2. Advice to Youth – Mark Twain

  3. The Paper Menagerie – Ken Liu

  4. The Great Automatic Grammatizator – Roald Dahl

  5. Thank You, Ma'am – Langston Hughes

Poetry: Rhapsody

  1. Abhisara: The Tryst – Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Why I Like the Hospital – Tony Hoagland

  3. Sonnet 116 – William Shakespeare

  4. Death of a Naturalist – Seamus Heaney

  5. Strange Meeting – Wilfred Owen

Paper II: Project Work

  1. Project Work: Writing Skills

    Not in the annual exam

    One written assignment of 1000-1500 words on the Class XI texts, assessed in school (20 marks).

    Chapter page coming soon

Syllabus source: CISCE ISC 2028 English (801) syllabus (Classes XI and XII), CISCE ISC 2028 Appendix I: List of Prescribed Textbooks, CISCE Regulations for ISC Examination Year 2028