Courses

AS/A2 English Literature

Central Foundation Boys' School and St Aloysius' College

Course Outline

English Literature B is divided into four units. Two of these are followed at AS and two at A2. The A-level is part exam and part coursework. Different genres within literature are studied as well as Marxist and feminist critical theories. All of these provide exciting new ways of reading texts. The set texts range from Shakespeare to The Kite Runner and students thus gain a breadth of study that is stimulating and inspiring. At A2 students are given new freedoms in choosing their own texts for study.

Course Structure

Unit 1: Aspects of Narrative

Unit 2: Dramatic Genres

Unit 3: Texts and Genres

Unit 4: Further and Independent Reading

Entry Requirements

Students must have a minimum of 6 GCSEs at grade C or above. Minimum grade B must have been reached at both English Literature and English Language GCSE.

Assessment

80% examination, 20% coursework.

Progression

English forms part of many combined-subject higher education courses and can lead to a wide range of careers for example in the arts, journalism and the media, as well as business studies, the law and administration.

Pre-course reading or preparation

The best preparation for this A level is to read as widely as possible over the Summer holidays and to return to school hooked on reading!

All set texts will be given out to the class and begun in September and it is not necessary to read any of them beforehand.