English Language and Literature

Course summary

If you love reading, writing, or both then A Level English Language & Literature is the subject for you. You will further your passion, challenge yourself, and develop subject expertise, by engaging creatively, critically, and independently with a wide range of exciting texts such as The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, poems by Robert Browning and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. You will analyze this wide range of texts, gaining insights into the nature of different uses of language and ideas about creativity. You will develop skills as producers and interpreters of language, by creating your texts and critically reflecting on your processes of production. The texts you study focus on how writers use language to tell stories of different worlds and perspectives, ideas of conflict between people and societies, and making active connections between texts. A Level of English Language & Literature promotes understanding and application of essential critical, creative, and analytical skills required for progression to higher education. It stands you are in good stead if you are interested in degrees in: • Business • Journalism • Marketing • Creative Writing • Languages • Social Sciences • English • Language Interpreter • Teaching • History • Law • Theatre