English Literature

Assessment

The course is structured around four modules. In year 12 students study poetry, drama and prose. For poetry you will study a modern anthology of poems. Drama includes the study of Othello and A Streetcar Named Desire. During the Prose component, students study Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. As you progress into year 13, you will also complete a coursework piece consisting of an independent comparative essay and finish your study of poetry with Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath.