English Language and Literature

Course summary

The English Language and Literature course combines study of two disciplines through a method called stylistics. You will explore texts such as: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, ‘The Great Gatsby’ and Carol Ann Duffy’s poetry. You will also explore a range of non-fiction texts in the Paris Anthology. In this course, you are examined on the traditional skills of analysis but also have the opportunity to write creatively based on a text you have studied. Thus, this course allows students a broad view of English, enabling them to explore both literary and linguistical analysis of how we use language in fiction and in daily life and speech.