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English Literature A Level

at Lincoln Christ'S Hospital School, Lincoln · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2024see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level23 monthsFull time

What the college says

This course's historicist approach to the study of literature rests upon reading texts within a shared context. Working from the belief that no text exists in isolation but is the product of the time in which it was produced, students are encouraged to explore the relationships that exist between texts and the contexts within which they are written, received and understood. Studying texts within a shared context enables them to investigate and connect them, drawing out patterns of similarity and difference using a variety of reading strategies and perspectives. The course privileges the process of making autonomous meaning, encouraging students to debate and challenge the interpretations of other readers as they develop their own informed personal responses. The historicist method of studying texts diachronically (across a very broad time period) is at the centre of the specification. In 'Love Through the Ages', the theme of love, one of the most central themes in literature, is explored across time.

What you need to get on

Five GCSE grades 9 - 4 or equivalent including grade 5 in Mathematics and grade 6 in English Language and 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

  • Lincoln Christ's Hospital School

    Wragby Road, Lincoln, LN2 4PN

    DaytimeClassroom based
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