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English Literature A Level

at Luton Sixth Form College, Luton · sixth form college

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

Over the 2 years of this course you will study a variety of texts, including poetry, prose and drama. Component 1 Section A: Poetry pre-1900 open book You will study: Christina Rossetti: Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) Component 1 Section B: Poetry Post 1900 open book You will study: Carol Ann Duffy: Mean Time (Picador) Philip Larkin: The Whitsun Weddings (Faber) Assessment: Written exam, 2 hours (30% of total marks) Component 2: Drama (closed book) You will study the genre of tragedy: Section A: Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare Section B: Connections between one pre-1900 play and one post-1900: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (Penguin Modern Classics) Duchess of Malfi by John webster (Methuen) Assessment: Written exam, 2 hours 30% of total qualification. Component 3: Unseen texts Section A: Unseen prose requires candidates to respond to one question from a choice of two. Each question will offer an unseen prose passage for analysis. Question 1 will take a prose passage from the period 1880-1910. Question 2 will take a prose passage from the period 1918-1939. Section B: Unseen poetry requires candidates to respond to one question from a choice of two. Each question will offer an unseen poem or poetry extract from any period. Assessment: Written examination: 2 hours 20% of total qualification Component 4: Prose Study Based on the reading of two prose texts from different periods: One pre-2000 and one post2000 nominated by the centre. This is current

What you need to get on

In addition to our general entry requirements, you must have: GCSE English grade 4

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

  • Luton Sixth Form College

    Bradgers Hill Road, Luton, LU2 7EW

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 7 September 2026 · Luton

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