English Literature

Course summary

Monkton Senior School is blessed to have a well provisioned English department, staffed by teachers who are passionate about English Literature. The qualification continues to be hugely popular, and is undertaken by an array of students considering a diverse range of undergraduate degrees and careers. One of the few ‘facilitating’ A Level courses, English Literature provides access to almost all undergraduate degrees, and continues to be well regarded by Oxbridge and Russell Group universities. Skills learnt and honed during this course will greatly aid students’ EPQ study. This course is challenging, rewarding and well suited to those who enjoy exploring their imagination. We not only study a number of texts considered the greatest published in the English language, but we also explore the time in which they were written, published and read. The coursework element in Year 13 allows our students to discover their own voice and area of interest, and they will be skilfully equipped to express themselves in original and creative ways through dialogue, argument, prose and poetry.