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English Literature
BackTo study English Literature is really an exploration of what it means to be human: the texts we study reveal the depths of the human psyche, human experience and social influences over the years.
A-level Literature will challenge you to widen your own reading, consider texts in context and to critically engage with different interpretations.
Over the course of the two years, you will study a variety of different texts (poetry, prose and drama), connected through either a theme (love through the ages) or the time in which they were written (modern times: literature from 1945 to the present day). As part of the course, you will study a Shakespeare play, a core literary heritage novel, pre-1900 texts, and a number of contemporary (post-2000) texts.
The majority of assessment is through examination at the end of the A-Level course; however, you will also complete an independent critical study which is worth 20% of the final grade.
Requirements:
No additional entry requirements.
