At A level, English Literature allows students to explore texts in depth alongside the considerations of genre, social and political contexts, authors’ intentions and personal opinion. Students are invited to explore a range of texts from Shakespeare to the 21st century and learn how texts can help understand the human condition. Students read and explore plays, prose, novels, short stories, and poetry and develop their own analytical writing skills. The study of English Literature allows students to develop their worldviews, compare perspectives and representations and critically appreciate their consumption of media and literature.
This curriculum provides students with industry-relevant vocational training and all qualifications are UCAS eligible meaning that students graduated with high levels of UCAS points. Please note, our post-16 offer is a Level 3 provision. Therefore, in order to be considered for a place at Elstree Screen Arts Academy at Post 16, we require all students to achieve five 9-4 grade GCSE or equivalent (including English and Maths). We also require students to achieve a grade 6 or higher in a related subject to the area they wish to study at level 3.
Paper 1: Aspects of Tragedy. Students explore Shakespeare’s Othello, Miller’s Death of a Salesman and collected works of poet John Keats, examining how each writer works with the tragic genre to understand and appreciate what it is to be human. Paper 2: Social and Political Protest Writing. Students examine Hosseni’s The Kite Runner, Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale and Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience through a social and political lense, learning how writers use their work to engage the consciousness of society to evoke change. There is an unseen section to this exam, students prepare for this through the analysis of various work of political protest writing. Coursework: Students select one prose and one poetry work to examine through their chosen critical lenses. Students can choose from Feminism, Marxism, Eco-Critical or Post-Colonial theory, or examine the narrative structure and restrictions of a text, or its place in literary canon.
About Education Provider
| Region | East of England |
| Local Authority | Hertfordshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Studio Way, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 5NN |
At A level, English Literature allows students to explore texts in depth alongside the considerations of genre, social and political contexts, authors’ intentions and personal opinion. Students are invited to explore a range of texts from Shakespeare to the 21st century and learn how texts can help understand the human condition. Students read and explore plays, prose, novels, short stories, and poetry and develop their own analytical writing skills. The study of English Literature allows students to develop their worldviews, compare perspectives and representations and critically appreciate their consumption of media and literature.
This curriculum provides students with industry-relevant vocational training and all qualifications are UCAS eligible meaning that students graduated with high levels of UCAS points. Please note, our post-16 offer is a Level 3 provision. Therefore, in order to be considered for a place at Elstree Screen Arts Academy at Post 16, we require all students to achieve five 9-4 grade GCSE or equivalent (including English and Maths). We also require students to achieve a grade 6 or higher in a related subject to the area they wish to study at level 3.
Paper 1: Aspects of Tragedy. Students explore Shakespeare’s Othello, Miller’s Death of a Salesman and collected works of poet John Keats, examining how each writer works with the tragic genre to understand and appreciate what it is to be human. Paper 2: Social and Political Protest Writing. Students examine Hosseni’s The Kite Runner, Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale and Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience through a social and political lense, learning how writers use their work to engage the consciousness of society to evoke change. There is an unseen section to this exam, students prepare for this through the analysis of various work of political protest writing. Coursework: Students select one prose and one poetry work to examine through their chosen critical lenses. Students can choose from Feminism, Marxism, Eco-Critical or Post-Colonial theory, or examine the narrative structure and restrictions of a text, or its place in literary canon.