English Literature A-Level
Course Code: 3554
Duration : 1 yearThe English Literature A-Level can be studied as part of the following pathways:
- Arts (Tonbridge only)
- Drama (Tonbridge only)
- Humanities
- Media
- Social Science
- Express
If you love reading and examining a variety of texts in depth, sharing ideas with others and using your analytical skills to discover new and interesting meanings, this course will suit you.
You will explore the social and historical contexts of the chosen texts, and examine how language can offer a variety of meanings.
For the AS Level, you will study:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Penguin Classics, 2006)
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (Penguin Modern Classics, 2000)
The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry Volume II: Blake to Heaney (Oxford, 2003)*
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (Penguin Classics, New Ed, 2005)
The Rover by Aphra Benn (Nick Hern Books)
The World as a Stage by Bill Bryson (Harper Perennia)
For the A2 Level, you will study:
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (Penguin, 2007)
Captain Corellis Mandolin by Louis de Bernires (Vintage, 1995)
Rapture by Carol Ann Duffy (Picador, 2006)
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (Bloomsbury, 2003)
The Time Machine by HG Wells (Penguin Classics)
*You do not need to buy copies of this book as we will supply copies of the poems to be studied.
Details of the ISBN numbers for the specific editions of texts to be studied are available from the Department.
For the AS you will be assessed through coursework on Much Ado About Nothing, The Rover and The World as a Stage; and through exams on all other texts
For the A2 you will be assessed through coursework on Oryx and Crake and The Time Machine; and through exams on all other texts.
Entry Requirements:
For AS Levels you will need five GCSE passes at grades A*-C, including English and maths, as well as one grade B. Other relevant qualifications can be discussed at interview.If you have grades A and B at GCSE or a strong overall GCSE profile, well encourage you to study four AS courses.
To progress from AS to A2 you are expected to gain at least a grade C in the AS subject studied.
Course Starting: Monday 10 Sep 2012 - Full Time - Dover
Course Starting: Monday 10 Sep 2012 - Full Time - Tonbridge
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This course information sheet describes courses and services offered by K College. Although great care has been taken in its compilation, it is for guidance only and does not form part of a contract with any individual and/or organisation. K College will take reasonable steps to provide courses and services in the manner described but reserves the right to modify or withdraw any courses or services. Some courses may not run if the College receives an insufficient number of enrolments. Please note that the fee and session information given above only applies to the academic year specified and is subject to change for subsequent years.
Errors and Omissions Excluded.
This course information sheet describes courses and services offered by K College. Although great care has been taken in its compilation, it is for guidance only and does not form part of a contract with any individual and/or organisation. K College will take reasonable steps to provide courses and services in the manner described but reserves the right to modify or withdraw any courses or services. Some courses may not run if the College receives an insufficient number of enrolments. Please note that the fee and session information given above only applies to the academic year specified and is subject to change for subsequent years.
Errors and Omissions Excluded.