English Literature

Sixth Form Prospectus for the school year 2022-23 English Literature

Are you interested in:

• Reading widely? • Exploring and sharing ideas? • Developing your analytical skills and essay writing? • Discussing and debating literary texts?

Leading to a career in:

• Journalism • Publishing • Teaching • Advertising • Legal Professions • Any job with an emphasis on ideas and writing

Exam Board: AQA

Course Code: 2746 Specification B

Teaching staff:

Mr Garth Mrs Key

What is English Literature?

English Literature is the study of literature written in the English language. Literature is any written work that is deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, such as novels, poetry and plays. The writers do not necessarily have to be from England but can be from all over the world. English Literature deals with universal themes and values; it also teaches us about different time periods and faraway places.

Course content

Aspects of tragedy (40%)

We will look at one Shakespeare play, one modern play and one poetry text. · Othello (Shakespeare) · Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller) · 4 poems by Keats

Crime Writing(40%)

There will be one novel written after 2000 and two texts including poetry and one pre-1900 text • Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Coleridge) • When Will There be Good News (Atkinson) • Brighton Rock (Greene) • An unseen passage for the exam

Coursework (20%)

• Two texts for coursework (one poetry and one novel). Students will have the opportunity to choose their own texts here and will produce two essays of 1200 1500 words linking their texts to literary theories (feminism, Marxism, ecocriticism etc)

Assessment criteria

Two exams worth 40% each and coursework worth 20%

This is a good school. Ofsted, May 2017 A good school with an outstanding Sixth Form. Ofsted, October 2012