English Language and Literature

Course summary

This course is designed to allow students to investigate the way the two disciplines of language and literature work together. Students will read a wide range of literary and non-literary works such as poetry, novels, short stories, Shakespeare plays, journalism, letters, and transcribed conversations. The textual studies require a wide range of literary and linguistic approaches to analyzing how language works and also provide opportunities to craft their text transformations as part of the exams. To explore the texts fully, students will use a range of analytical approaches and will be introduced to key linguistic concepts and terminology. Through the coursework units, students can develop their investigative skills exploring how language works through selecting their own area of study. The staff’s approach will be to encourage students to develop individual, sensitive, and imaginative responses through group discussion, small group work, practical investigations, whole-class teaching, and individual tutorials.