English Literature

Course summary

This is a course for students who love to read and have an interest in broadening their experience of literature across history, from the Renaissance to the 21st Century. We cover a range of texts: novels, short stories, plays and poetry, which we read and discuss together. There is also an independent reading strand to the course in which you can develop your own reading interests in detail. The course is very much intent on developing students as independent readers. Students are taught to develop a wide range of skills, such as the ability to read critically, analyse, evaluate and undertake independent research; skills which are considered essential by both higher education institutions and employers. Students become the literary critics. English literature is a traditional and well respected A Level, it is highly considered by high education institutions for anyone wishing to pursue a higher education in English and many of our students go on from this course to do an English degree at university.