Who is the course for? Students with an enthusiasm for reading and studying English Literature. What can it lead to? This course provides a good foundation for degree courses in English, the arts, humanities and media and leads to careers in writing, journalism, the media, teaching and administration. What will I study? On this OCR A Level English Literature course you will read, discuss and write about drama, poetry and novels. You will develop your critical and analytical skills to construct an argument and compare texts using evidence from them to support what you say. Component 1: Drama and Poetry pre-1900 (40%) This is an examined unit where students will demonstrate their knowledge of one Shakespeare play, one pre-1900 narrative poem, and one pre-1900 drama text. You will study Shakespeare’s The Tempest, The Merchant’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer and She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. Component 2: Comparative and Contextual Study (40%) This is the second examined unit. Our chosen topic area is dystopian fiction and students are required to respond to an unseen passage related to the topic in one question and then write an essay comparing two set texts. Your set texts are Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. You will also study a wide range of dystopian literary fiction in order to prepare for the unseen passage in question 1. Component 3: Literature post-1900 (20%) This is the internally assessed coursework element of the A level. Students study three literary texts, including one prose text, one drama text and one poetry text. Task 1 is based on the study of one text and consists of close reading or re-creative writing with a commentary. Task 2 is a comparative essay, which explores contrasts and comparisons between two texts. You will study The History Boys by Alan Bennett alongside two other texts Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy How will I be taught? Class teaching, group work, discussion and individual coursework tutorials. You will be expected to undertake wider reading for the course as well as reading the set texts. Examinations and final coursework submission will be in May/June 2019.
You will need to have done well in GCSE English and Literature to proceed with this course.
You will be assessed at the end of the two year course in Summer 2019. You will take two externally assessed examinations, with each one worth 40% of the total A level and you will also complete two internally assessed pieces of coursework, worth a total of 20% of the A level.
About Education Provider
| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Harrow |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Mixed |
| Address | Shaldon Road, Edgware, HA8 6AN |
Who is the course for? Students with an enthusiasm for reading and studying English Literature. What can it lead to? This course provides a good foundation for degree courses in English, the arts, humanities and media and leads to careers in writing, journalism, the media, teaching and administration. What will I study? On this OCR A Level English Literature course you will read, discuss and write about drama, poetry and novels. You will develop your critical and analytical skills to construct an argument and compare texts using evidence from them to support what you say. Component 1: Drama and Poetry pre-1900 (40%) This is an examined unit where students will demonstrate their knowledge of one Shakespeare play, one pre-1900 narrative poem, and one pre-1900 drama text. You will study Shakespeare’s The Tempest, The Merchant’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer and She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. Component 2: Comparative and Contextual Study (40%) This is the second examined unit. Our chosen topic area is dystopian fiction and students are required to respond to an unseen passage related to the topic in one question and then write an essay comparing two set texts. Your set texts are Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. You will also study a wide range of dystopian literary fiction in order to prepare for the unseen passage in question 1. Component 3: Literature post-1900 (20%) This is the internally assessed coursework element of the A level. Students study three literary texts, including one prose text, one drama text and one poetry text. Task 1 is based on the study of one text and consists of close reading or re-creative writing with a commentary. Task 2 is a comparative essay, which explores contrasts and comparisons between two texts. You will study The History Boys by Alan Bennett alongside two other texts Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy How will I be taught? Class teaching, group work, discussion and individual coursework tutorials. You will be expected to undertake wider reading for the course as well as reading the set texts. Examinations and final coursework submission will be in May/June 2019.
You will need to have done well in GCSE English and Literature to proceed with this course.
You will be assessed at the end of the two year course in Summer 2019. You will take two externally assessed examinations, with each one worth 40% of the total A level and you will also complete two internally assessed pieces of coursework, worth a total of 20% of the A level.
