English Literature

Course summary

TERM 1 Drama and Poetry pre -1900 (Component 01) Poetry of Christina Rossetti Contexts OCR Anthology - 12 poems Comparative and contextual study (Component 02) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte & Linked Critical Texts Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens The Yellow Wallpaper – Charlotte Perkins Gilman Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys TERM 2 COURSEWORK (Component 3) The Glass Menagerie – Tennessee Williams Hamlet – William Shakespeare Complete Jane Eyre (4 chapters) Essay writing skills and practice for Jane Eyre TERM 3 THE GLASS MENAGERIE – TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Coursework short writing task (1000 words) Complete Rossetti remaining poems THE REMAINS OF THE DAY – KAZUO ISHIGURO For comparative Coursework Long writing task (2000 words) HAMLET skills and practice for unseen and essay writing END OF YEAR EXAMS in June