English Literature

Course summary

Students will discover a world of literature that is more challenging than that of the GCSE courses. At this level, our texts engage with more adult themes and require greater independence of thought. As our students journey through their A Level, they encounter poets, playwrights and authors from past and present. They discover what love and relationships were like over the course of history and examine texts that were written after World War Two, like “The Handmaid’s Tale”. Students will engage with modern events like the war in Ukraine in order to develop an appreciation of contexts and plurality of reading. Excitingly, the NEA is an independent study where students have the opportunity to select their own text and question, and embark on an adventure through areas of literature that excite them.