English Literature

Course summary

English Literature enhances your knowledge of the world and fosters the habit of critical thinking. It helps you to explore psychology and the human condition. English Literature allows you to explore your thoughts and empathetic side. This is a subject where readers are urged to put themselves in other people's situations and experience other people's emotions. This subject will encourage you to explore the relationships that exist between texts and the contexts within which they are written, received and understood. Paper 1: Love through the ages - study of three texts: one poetry and one prose text, of which one must be pre-1900, and one Shakespeare play. Examination will include two unseen poems Paper 2: Texts in shared contexts - You will have a choice of two options: WW1 and its aftermath or Modern times: literature from 1945 to the present day. Study of three texts: one prose, one poetry, and one drama, of which must be written post-2000 Non-Exam assessment: Independent critical study: texts across time - Comparative critical study of two texts, at least one of which must have been written pre-1900. One extended essay (2500 words) and a bibliography.