AS ENGLISH LITERATURE

Subject: AS ENGLISH LITERATURE

Number of lessons per fortnight: 10

What is it?

The AQA specification A English Literature GCE is a course in which students study and explore the connections between a set text selection of poems which express a ‘struggle for identity inmodern literature’across time, place and circumstance within the shared context. The course shows how the 20th century changed the ways poets write. Students are encouraged to analytically explore the concept of modern poetry, synthesising meaning from the poems, recognising key features of content and style, as well as range and variety.

Students also study a range of extracts from modern novels depicting struggles for identity, as part of the specification’s wider reading requirement; finding connections between the extracts and wider reading considering the importance of their contexts.

Assessment

AS Unit 1 Texts in context one 2 hour examination:
Section Aassesses the contextual linking of wider reading extracts to an unseen piece of non fiction, students answer one question.
Section Bassesses the set poetry text (Carol Ann Duffy’s ’The World’s Wife’) students answer one question.

AS Unit 2 Coursework:
Comparative Modern drama essay 1500 words
Single prose study essay 1500 words

The aim of the course

Develop confident, independent and reflective readers.
Encourage students to express their responses effectively.
Reflect on other interpretations of texts with understanding and discrimination.
Encourage the use of critical concepts and terminology.

What will I get out of it?

An opportunity to develop a wide understanding of literature and the world of books.
The ability to write independently and critically.
Experience of genres and texts from across the literary spectrum.

What will AS English Literature allow me to do?

AS English Literature is a well recognised qualification in both colleges and universities.
Welcomed by employers, as it demonstrates a high degree of literacy competence, analysis and synthesis.