English Literature

Course summary

English Literature A encourages students to explore the relationships that exist between texts and the contexts within which they are written, received, and understood. Studying texts within a shared context enables students to investigate and connect them, drawing out patterns of similarity and difference using a variety of reading strategies and perspectives. - Love through the ages - Shakespeare - Othello - Unseen poetry – Pre and post 1900 - Comparing texts – Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Pre 1900 Poetry Anthology - Texts in shared contexts – Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire