English Language and Literature

Course summary

A Level English Language and Literature will give you an opportunity to explore both subjects in a critical and engaging way. It is not just a theoretical subject, its theories and issues can be applied to the outside world by increasing your analytical, comparative and evaluative skills. Genre, narrative, storytelling and point of view are at the heart of this specification, with the four main areas of AS considering Imagined Worlds, Poetic Voices, Remembered Places and Recreative Writing. Imagined Worlds considers point of view and genre in written prose, and at Scarisbrick Hall, we have picked up the study of The Lovely Bones. Poetic Voices considers the forms and functions of the poetic voice in a wide range of detail with the study of the late and great Seamus Heaney. Remembered Places considers the importance of place in texts, and the anthology Paris is provided for study. Finally, students will produce their own recreative writing piece, with stimulus material from the anthology and will evaluate their own work with a critical commentary.