The English literature curriculum features the study of a range of prose, poetry and drama texts from across the nineteenth, twentieth and twentyfirst centuries. The course is a two year course, placing a strong emphasis on the end of Year 13 examinations. For students looking for greater control over the final results of their A-Level, the inclusion of coursework is highly advantageous and rewarding, and will be worth 20% of the final A-Level grade. Students will develop the skills required to compare texts and to analyse the effects of language; your analytical skills will be sharpened and intensified; and you will learn to understand the significance of the contexts in which texts were written. Students deal with complex ideas, interpreting information, searching for patterns and examining texts in a wider context. History, culture, philosophy and human behaviour are all at the heart of English Literature. As such, English Literature is a wonderful companion to such courses as Law, Psychology, History, Media and, Drama and Theatre Studies, as well as a fantastic change of pace to a timetable full of sciences or maths based courses. The English Literature curriculum covers a range of historical and modern texts, with students focusing not only on close analysis of the text, but the contexts the texts were written in - historical, cultural, biographical, theoretical and so on. While this informs all the texts that we read, it is particularly the focus of the Gothic literature component of the course, where we will study Angela Carter’s collection of dark fairy tales, The Bloody Chamber and Mary Shelly’s Gothic classic Frankenstein. In a more historical vein, “The Miller’s Tale” from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales will be studied alongside Oscar Wilde’s witty comedic play “An Ideal Husband”. In addition to this, William Shakespeare’s comedy “Twelfth Night” is studied. The coursework will be an examination of Tennessee Williams’ classic play “A Streetcar Named Desire”, read in comparison with Khaled Hosseni’s tale of betrayal, “The Kite Runner”. Another aspect of the coursework will focus on the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy in her collection “The World’s Wife”, an examination of the conflicts between women and the men who try to dominate their lives. English Literature is a fantastic subject. Its analytical skills stay with you for life, regardless of whatever career path you may follow.
5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 including a 5 in English Language or Literature
COURSEWORK 20% EXAMINATION 80% This is a two year course; exams at the end of year 12 cover material from both years 12 and 13.
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| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Redbridge |
| Ofsted Rating | Requires improvement |
| Gender Type | Mixed |
| Address | Christie Gardens, Chadwell Heath, Romford, RM6 4RS |
The English literature curriculum features the study of a range of prose, poetry and drama texts from across the nineteenth, twentieth and twentyfirst centuries. The course is a two year course, placing a strong emphasis on the end of Year 13 examinations. For students looking for greater control over the final results of their A-Level, the inclusion of coursework is highly advantageous and rewarding, and will be worth 20% of the final A-Level grade. Students will develop the skills required to compare texts and to analyse the effects of language; your analytical skills will be sharpened and intensified; and you will learn to understand the significance of the contexts in which texts were written. Students deal with complex ideas, interpreting information, searching for patterns and examining texts in a wider context. History, culture, philosophy and human behaviour are all at the heart of English Literature. As such, English Literature is a wonderful companion to such courses as Law, Psychology, History, Media and, Drama and Theatre Studies, as well as a fantastic change of pace to a timetable full of sciences or maths based courses. The English Literature curriculum covers a range of historical and modern texts, with students focusing not only on close analysis of the text, but the contexts the texts were written in - historical, cultural, biographical, theoretical and so on. While this informs all the texts that we read, it is particularly the focus of the Gothic literature component of the course, where we will study Angela Carter’s collection of dark fairy tales, The Bloody Chamber and Mary Shelly’s Gothic classic Frankenstein. In a more historical vein, “The Miller’s Tale” from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales will be studied alongside Oscar Wilde’s witty comedic play “An Ideal Husband”. In addition to this, William Shakespeare’s comedy “Twelfth Night” is studied. The coursework will be an examination of Tennessee Williams’ classic play “A Streetcar Named Desire”, read in comparison with Khaled Hosseni’s tale of betrayal, “The Kite Runner”. Another aspect of the coursework will focus on the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy in her collection “The World’s Wife”, an examination of the conflicts between women and the men who try to dominate their lives. English Literature is a fantastic subject. Its analytical skills stay with you for life, regardless of whatever career path you may follow.
5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 including a 5 in English Language or Literature
COURSEWORK 20% EXAMINATION 80% This is a two year course; exams at the end of year 12 cover material from both years 12 and 13.
