English Literature

Course summary

We want our pupils to be enthusiastic readers who take great pleasure from the literature that they encounter. The study of English Literature complements the study of English at IGCSE level. By studying a variety of literature in detail, candidates will begin to understand meaning independently, and will develop into discerning, analytical and critical reader The current syllabus offers the following possibilities for study in 2023 – 2025: Drama: Shelagh Delaney – A Taste of Honey William Shakespeare – A Midsummer Night’s Dream Wole Soyinka – Death and the King’s Horseman Tennessee Williams – A Streetcar Named Desire Poetry: Either a selection of poetry by Ted Hughes, or a selection of poetry by numerous poets taken from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century. Prose: Daphne de Maurier – Rebecca Joan Lindsay – Picnic at Hanging Rock Charles Dickens – Great Expectations HG Wells – The War of The Worlds A selection of short stories published by Cambridge University Press