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GCE A Level in English Literature

at Medina College · college

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull time

What the college says

A Level English Literature allows you to read and discuss a wide range of texts from different eras and genres, while also exploring the social, historical and cultural issues that those texts both reflect and influence. This qualification is an excellent and highly regarded preparation for most undergraduate courses, but particularly Journalism, Law, Philosophy, History, Media Studies, Film Studies and Modern Foreign Languages, as well as English. In addition to the texts you look at alongside your fellow students in class, you also have the opportunity to develop your own independent reading and literary interests in prose and poetry through the Non-Examination Assessment in which you required to devise your own coursework tasks in the context of different areas of literary criticism - feminism, Marxism, eco-criticism, and post-colonialism to cite just a few.

What you need to get on

5 GCSE A* to C or 9 to 5 including C or 5 in English Language or 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 Island VI Form

    ISLAND INNOVATION VI FORM CAMPUS ST. JAMES STREET, NEWPORT, PO30 1LJ

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