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A Level English Literature

at Chace Community School, Enfield · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2022see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level18 monthsFull timeFree

What the college says

The English Literature course explores ‘love through the ages’ and texts in shared contexts. The course demands that students read widely and think about how different forms and genres present ideas around love and in ‘texts across time’; students must show an engagement with the social, political, personal and literary issues which have helped to shape the latter half of the 20th century and the early decades of the 21st century. We study a range of texts including drama, prose and poetry. Our text choices are as follows; • Othello - William Shakespeare • A post 1900 poetry anthology • Feminine Gospels – Carol Ann Duffy • The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood • A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams • Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte The course is based on independent reading, and a substantial amount of homework will be taken up with reading poetry, plays and prose fiction. Lessons are discussion based, with students contributing their views in small groups and to the whole class. Students will complete coursework under the supervision of their teachers, drafting and redrafting their work. One of the key points about A Level is that students are guided towards an independent understanding of their reading texts, rather than being ‘taught’ the texts as in GCSE.

What you need to get on

This course is for pupils who have attained GCSE grade 6 or above in GCSE English Literature and English Language. You MUST be someone who loves to read for pleasure as well as study.

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • Chace Community School

    Churchbury Lane, Enfield, EN1 3HQ

    DaytimeClassroom based
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