Course information
English Literature
Ernesford Grange Community Academy - Coventry
02476453121
Princethorpe Way, Coventry, CV3 2QD
Course summary

When you have finished the course, this will enable you to write fluently, consider your own critical interpretation and comment on a wide range of novels, which will compliment other written-based subjects, such as History, Sociology and Media. The coursework is designed to support you with the style of writing that is required at University.

Entry requirements

6 in English Language and 6 in English Literature

How you'll be assessed

The 3 open book examinations include two comparison prose texts (Frankenstein/ War of the Worlds which is compared to The Handmaid’s Tale/ Never Let Me Go). A Shakespeare and Modern Play exam (Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, The Importance of Being Earnest, Doctor Faustus, A Streetcar Named Desire). The poetry exam consists of Poem of the Decade and Christina Rossetti’s Selected Poems which explore themes of religion, gender inequality, identity, questions the Victorian Era and contemporary wider societal issues.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionWest Midlands
Local AuthorityCoventry
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeMixed
AddressPrincethorpe Way, Coventry, CV3 2QD