English Literature

Course summary

Through the course, pupils will study Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, produce coursework responses on contemporary drama, poetry and novels, write independent essays as part of our Gillespie Prize, and study ‘Women in Literature’, reading either Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility or Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway alongside another novel by a woman writer. The A-level course is rich and varied, and pupils will have the chance to attend frequent symposia, theatre trips and reading groups.