English Literature

Course summary

The aims of this course are to encourage learners to develop their interest in, and enjoyment of, literature and literary studies as they: • Read widely and independently both 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 in writing • Develop valuable transferable skills of sustained research andcomposition • Explore the contexts of the texts they are reading and other s’ interpretations of them.