Studying A-Level English Literature helps to sharpen your analytical skills and allow you to understand the world through other people’s eyes. If you can take a text and draw out themes and ideas, plus connect it with productions, theories and historical events, you demonstrate that you can handle complex ideas, search for patterns and interpret information in a wider context. In each year of the course, you will study a play, a novel and a set of poems, as well as tacking unseen texts from the same era or topic. If you enjoy reading a wide range of texts, from Renaissance poetry to post-modern American prose, then this course allows you to do just that, and beyond. Units of study Year 12: Paper 1 – Love Through the Ages In this unit you will study texts that are unified by the theme of love – or in many cases, the absence of it – and what lengths people will go to in order to get what they desire. As well as unseen poetry about love, you will study: Play: William Shakespeare’s Othello Prose: F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Poetry: AQA Anthology: Love Through The Ages Year 13: Paper 2 – Literature of Modern Times In this unit you will study modern texts that explore contemporary themes of identity, gender, inequality, disillusionment and race, amongst many others. As well as unseen prose from the era, you will study: Play: Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire Prose: Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale Poetry: Carol Ann Duffy’s Feminine Gospels Please be aware that the texts above may change depending on class and teacher preference. NEA: Comparison of texts two texts 20% of your overall grade will be based on a comparative essay of two texts of your choosing. One must be written pre-1900 but they can be plays, novels or poetry collections.
At least 5 9-4 grades including English and Mathematics - a minimum of grade 6 at the subject they wish to study.
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| Region | North East |
| Local Authority | South Tyneside |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Temple Park Road, South Shields, NE34 0QA |
Studying A-Level English Literature helps to sharpen your analytical skills and allow you to understand the world through other people’s eyes. If you can take a text and draw out themes and ideas, plus connect it with productions, theories and historical events, you demonstrate that you can handle complex ideas, search for patterns and interpret information in a wider context. In each year of the course, you will study a play, a novel and a set of poems, as well as tacking unseen texts from the same era or topic. If you enjoy reading a wide range of texts, from Renaissance poetry to post-modern American prose, then this course allows you to do just that, and beyond. Units of study Year 12: Paper 1 – Love Through the Ages In this unit you will study texts that are unified by the theme of love – or in many cases, the absence of it – and what lengths people will go to in order to get what they desire. As well as unseen poetry about love, you will study: Play: William Shakespeare’s Othello Prose: F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Poetry: AQA Anthology: Love Through The Ages Year 13: Paper 2 – Literature of Modern Times In this unit you will study modern texts that explore contemporary themes of identity, gender, inequality, disillusionment and race, amongst many others. As well as unseen prose from the era, you will study: Play: Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire Prose: Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale Poetry: Carol Ann Duffy’s Feminine Gospels Please be aware that the texts above may change depending on class and teacher preference. NEA: Comparison of texts two texts 20% of your overall grade will be based on a comparative essay of two texts of your choosing. One must be written pre-1900 but they can be plays, novels or poetry collections.
At least 5 9-4 grades including English and Mathematics - a minimum of grade 6 at the subject they wish to study.