English Literature
Course summary
Students with an enthusiasm for reading and studying English Literature. 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 You will be taught by a team of two teachers and much of the work in class will be done in discussion groups. You will develop your knowledge, learning different ways of reading and connecting texts within a literary genre. You will gain a solid understanding of how texts can be connected and how they can be interpreted in multiple ways in order for you to arrive at your interpretations. Literary Genres: Aspects of Tragedy You will study four texts: one Shakespeare play Othello, one further drama text Death of a Salesman, one poetry text Thomas Hardy and one prose text Tess of the D’Ubervilles. Texts and genres: Elements of political and social protest writing You will study three texts: one post– 2000 prose text; one poetry and one further text pre—1900. Non-exam assessment: Theory and independence You will study two texts: one poetry and one prose text, informed by study of the Critical anthology
Entry Requirements
Checked against your grades — every rule traces to the school's published source.
| Requirement | Rule | You |
|---|---|---|
English Language | Grade 4 in English Language | — |
English Literature | Grade 6 in English Literature | — |
English Language Alternative route | Grade 5 in English Language | — |
English Literature Alternative route | Grade 5 in English Literature | — |
Mathematics | Grade 4 in Mathematics | — |
As published by the school
6 GCSE 9-5 grades to include Maths at Grade 4+ and English Language and English Literature at Grade 6+ or Grades 5/5 in both English Lit & Eng. Lang.
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Assessment
AS Level Both units of the AS course are externally assessed, focussing on A01, A02, A03, A04 and A05. Paper 1 and Paper 2 both equally weighed at 50%. A Level Paper 1 40% Paper 2 40% Non-exam assessment 20%
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