English Literature

Course summary

The aim of the A-Level specification is to encourage boys to develop their interest in and enjoyment of literature and literary studies as they: •read independently set texts and others that they have selected for themselves •engage critically and creatively with a substantial body of texts and ways of responding to them •develop and effectively apply their knowledge of literary analysis and evaluation •explore the contexts of the texts they are reading and others’ interpretations of them. In addition, students will be required to show knowledge and understanding of: •the functions and effects of structure, form and language in texts •some of the ways in which individual texts are interpreted by different readers •some of the ways in which texts relate to one another and the significance of cultural and contextual influences upon readers and writers.