English Literature

Course summary

Year 12 During this year, you will be studying poetry from the anthology ‘Poems of the Decade’, as well as deepening your understanding of literature through the study of ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Never Let Me Go’. You will be explore critical concepts and approaches to these texts. You will also study ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and begin working on the non-examined assessment. Your NEA will be an extended comparative essay referring to two texts which will be 2500-3000 words. Year 13 During this year, you will complete your NEA and study poetry by John Keats, in addition to Shakespeare’s Othello. You will revise the other texts covered in this course, and complete two sets of mock exams.