A Level - English Literature

Course Summary

Subject: English Literature

Course Title: A Level - English Literature

Course Types: Sixth Form

Course Level: A-Level

Course Description

Introduction and Course Description

English Literature encourages students to develop their interest in and enjoyment of literature through reading widely, critically and independently. Close study is made of a number of literary works from the genres of poetry, prose and drama, written from 1300 to the present day. The aim of the course is to present a discipline that is humane, historically aware and communicative.

Course Outline

We offer English Literature as a full A level option using the AQA English Literature Specification B. The A Level course is of 2 years duration, based on a combination of coursework and terminal examinations. These consist of:

Paper 1 Literary Genres (2.5 hours) - Aspects of Tragedy, based on a Shakespeare text, another drama text and one further text, one of which must have been written pre-1900.

Paper 2 Texts and Genres (3 hours) - Elements of Crime Writing, based on one prose text written after 2000, one poetry text and one other text, one of which must have been written pre-1900

Coursework: Theory and Independence - Two coursework essays, one of which must be on a prose text, the other on a poetry text, both responding to different aspects of an AQA Critical Anthology of approaches to literary criticism.

This course will be enjoyed by all those who can formulate original ideas and articulate them in a mature analytical manner. English Literature combines well with all subjects and gives excellent preparation for university courses in Business Studies, Humanities, Languages, Law.

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