English Literature Teacher in Charge of Subject:
Mrs Lea
Entry Requirements: You should enjoy reading all forms of literature (novels, plays and poetry) and have gained at least a grade B at GCSE English Literature. Course Details: The new AS course means you will study specific literary topics such as tragedy, with a range of texts chosen for their relevance to those themes. Some of these texts will, of course, be studied very thoroughly in class, but you will be expected, more than ever before, to engage in independent reading and thought, dealing with six texts. You will need to produce two pieces of coursework of 1200 – 1500 words each on two of the texts which are tragic plays (Richard II – to be confirmed - and Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’). You will also study Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’, eleven Hardy poems, Andrea Levy’s ‘Small Island’ and Khaled Hosseini’s ‘The Kite Runner’.
Exams/Coursework: AS
60% Exam
40% Coursework
A2
60% Exam
40% Coursework
Career Options: Of course, if you hanker to study English Literature in Higher Education, then an English Literature A level is a must. The new course clearly offers plenty of scope for developing the kind of independent thought and study habits which will be essential at university level, and it’s our aim to foster pupils’ love of literature while fully equipping them to take their studies further. English literature fits well in any combination of A level subjects. In Higher Education an increasing number of courses allow for English to be studied alongside other subjects, particularly those from the Arts or Humanities. The intellectual and practical skills learned and developed during this course are valued highly by universities and employers, and a good English Literature A level is widely recognised as proof of intelligence and communicative skills. Careers include journalism, business and management, the media and the law.