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A Level English Literature

at Brigshaw High School · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

English Literature is the study of a range of texts written in a variety of forms by a range of writers. You will explore what writers have to say about many themes such as love, conflict, death, and betrayal. In the study of literature you will develop the skills of close reading, analysis, independent thinking and the construction of a clear and decisive argument. You will read poetry, novels, plays and other texts written by Shakespeare to the most modern publications. The A Level course builds upon the skills you have acquired at GCSE level. There are two examined units, and one coursework element (NEA). Paper 1A - Literary genres: Aspects of Tragedy This unit requires you to study three texts – one Shakespeare, one modern play and one further pre-1900 text. You will deepen your GCSE skills here, for example by looking at the historical definition of tragedy and see how it applies to the texts. Paper 2B – Texts and genres: Elements of political and social protest writing This unit requires you to study three texts: one post-2000 prose text; one poetry and one further text, of which one must be written pre-1900. You will deepen your GCSE skills, for example by learning about the contexts in which the texts were written, and the different ways they have been and may be received by readers.

What you need to get on

Minimum of 5 GCSEs at Grade C or above including Maths and English..

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

  • Brigshaw High School

    Brigshaw Lane Allerton Bywater, Castleford, WF10 2HR

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