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English Literature

at The Long Eaton School, Nottingham · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2024see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull time

What the college says

Our chosen option is Tragedy with the study of Shakespeare’s Othello, Miller’s Death of a Salesman and a selection of poetry by Keats. Written examination - 2 hour 30 minutes closed book i.e. texts and quotes have to be learnt – there is no access to the texts in the exam. There are three questions - one on a passage from a set text, one essay on Shakespeare and one question linking two texts. Texts and Genres 40% of the final assessment We will study one option: Option 2B, Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing which can include: Margaret Atwood The Handmaid’s Tale William Blake Songs of Innocence and of Experience Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner The choice will be made with staff and students involved, but the option involves a study of three texts, one post-2000 prose text; one poetry and one further text, one of which must be written pre-1900. This final component is coursework, not an examination, so allows far more choice of text and approach to suit individuals within the class. At the core is the idea of offering a range of texts designed to allow students to read widely, to be challenged and to engage with wider theories of literature including: • narrative theory • feminist theory • Marxist theory • eco-critical theory • post-colonial theory • literary value and the canon. In this component, students write about two different literary texts. One of the texts must be a poetry text and the other must be prose. Each text must be linked to a different section

What you need to get on

9 - 5 in English Literature

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

  • The Long Eaton School

    Thoresby Road, Long Eaton, NG10 3NP

    DaytimeClassroom based
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