• EXAM BOARD: AQA • ENTRY CRITERIA: GRADE 5 IN ENGLISH LITERATURE. • HEAD: MR S MATTON SMATTON@HAYDONSCHOOL.COM English Literature is a fantastic subject for readers and reading enthusiasts. You will learn to express yourself, develop sophisticated interpretations and construct arguments in a scholarly, academic fashion through your speech and writing. Not only do we de- construct texts and genres – we examine history, art, politics, race, culture, identity and what it truly means to be an individual. CURRICULUM YEAR 1 UNIT 1: ASPECTS OF TRAGEDY. Students study three texts: Othello by William Shakespeare, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and the poetry of John Keats. At the core of all the set texts is a tragic hero or heroine. Their tragic flaw results in the suffering of others and ultimately their own downfall. Students will examine and deconstruct the components of the tragic genre. Tragedy itself is an imitation, not of men, but of action and life, of happiness and misery. The tragic hero’s life consists of action, and its end should reveal an innate human truth. UNIT 3: THEORY AND INDEPENDENCE-COURSEWORK; In this component, students write about two different literary texts. One of the texts must be a poetry text and the other must be prose. Each text must be linked to a different section of the Critical Anthology (which includes theories of Marxism, Feminism, Post-colonialism, Eco-criticism, Narrative and The Literary Canon). YEAR 2 UNIT 2: POLITI- CAL AND SOCIAL PROTEST; In contrast to the literary genre of tragedy, the texts for this unit are grouped together as having elements from the more modern genre of political and social protest writing. This genre, which is heavily influenced by culture, is continually evolving. Students study three texts: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake. All set texts fore- ground oppression and domination and they all anatomise the cultures we live in and have lived in over time. They also respond to an unseen passage in the exam. ASSESSMENT 80% Externally Assessed Exam. 20% Internally Assessed Coursework. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES *Digital copywriter *Editorial assistant *English as a foreign language teacher *Lexicographer *Magazine journalist *Newspaper journalist *Publishing copy-editor *Web content manager *Writer WE ARE PROUD That our alumni with an A level in English Literature are studying *Philosophy at the University of Nottingham *Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick *English Literature at University of Reading *English at the University of Nottingham *Law at the University of Warwick.
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• EXAM BOARD: AQA • ENTRY CRITERIA: GRADE 5 IN ENGLISH LITERATURE. • HEAD: MR S MATTON SMATTON@HAYDONSCHOOL.COM English Literature is a fantastic subject for readers and reading enthusiasts. You will learn to express yourself, develop sophisticated interpretations and construct arguments in a scholarly, academic fashion through your speech and writing. Not only do we de- construct texts and genres – we examine history, art, politics, race, culture, identity and what it truly means to be an individual. CURRICULUM YEAR 1 UNIT 1: ASPECTS OF TRAGEDY. Students study three texts: Othello by William Shakespeare, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and the poetry of John Keats. At the core of all the set texts is a tragic hero or heroine. Their tragic flaw results in the suffering of others and ultimately their own downfall. Students will examine and deconstruct the components of the tragic genre. Tragedy itself is an imitation, not of men, but of action and life, of happiness and misery. The tragic hero’s life consists of action, and its end should reveal an innate human truth. UNIT 3: THEORY AND INDEPENDENCE-COURSEWORK; In this component, students write about two different literary texts. One of the texts must be a poetry text and the other must be prose. Each text must be linked to a different section of the Critical Anthology (which includes theories of Marxism, Feminism, Post-colonialism, Eco-criticism, Narrative and The Literary Canon). YEAR 2 UNIT 2: POLITI- CAL AND SOCIAL PROTEST; In contrast to the literary genre of tragedy, the texts for this unit are grouped together as having elements from the more modern genre of political and social protest writing. This genre, which is heavily influenced by culture, is continually evolving. Students study three texts: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake. All set texts fore- ground oppression and domination and they all anatomise the cultures we live in and have lived in over time. They also respond to an unseen passage in the exam. ASSESSMENT 80% Externally Assessed Exam. 20% Internally Assessed Coursework. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES *Digital copywriter *Editorial assistant *English as a foreign language teacher *Lexicographer *Magazine journalist *Newspaper journalist *Publishing copy-editor *Web content manager *Writer WE ARE PROUD That our alumni with an A level in English Literature are studying *Philosophy at the University of Nottingham *Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick *English Literature at University of Reading *English at the University of Nottingham *Law at the University of Warwick.