English Literature A Level Requirements
It is assumed that prospective candidates for this programme have obtained a pass mark of C or above in English GCSE or an equivalent qualification.
English Literature A Level
The programme is split into two major components - AS and A2. There are twenty-four tutor-marked assignments (known as TMAs). The A Level covers the following titles:
AS Level
• Literary Analysis
• The Modern Novel
• Shakespeare
• Texts in Context.
A2 Level
• Texts in Time;
• Literary Connections;
• Reading for Meaning:
• War in Literature.
Assessment is by six written papers (Three for AS and three for A2).
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The first part of the English Literature A level introduces you to literary analysis including point of view and imagery. You will then go on to study a number of literary works including ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, ‘Othello’ and ‘Tess of the d'Urbervilles’. You will also study text comparison and the meaning of literature with particular reference to war poetry and prose.
Each A Level is split into two halves – the AS Level and the A2 Level. Whilst both halves cover approximately the same amount of material, the conceptually harder elements will nearly always be found in the A2. Generally, each half of the A Level will be split into three units. Each unit matches a corresponding exam.
Examinations
Examinations are normally in June, although you may be able to arrange to sit some part of the A Level in January.
Examination Entry Information
DCA will provide whatever help we can with examination information, finding an exam centre and authenticating coursework but entering examinations is entirely the responsibility of the student and the contract for sitting the examinations is between the student and the exam centre. We are not an exam centre and therefore although we can give information and guidance, we cannot make your entry for you, or change an incorrect entry. Full details about exams can be obtained on application. Students will sit external examinations and receive a certificate from the awarding body AQA
Textbooks
In addition to the recommended text, each programme has a suggested reading list to help you achieve a broader understanding of the subject. Some subjects also require an accompanying textbook which you will need to obtain.
Introductory Module: Literary Analysis
• Imagery
• The Sounds of Language
• Characters
• Descriptive Writing
• Point of View
• Tone of Voice
• Feelings
Part 1: AS Course
Module One: The Modern Novel
Margaret Atwood The Handmaid’s Tale
• Overview
• Sections I-VII
• Sections VIII-XI
• Sections XII-XV and the ‘Historical Notes’
• Conclusion
Module Two: Shakespeare
William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew
• Introduction to the Study of Shakespeare
• First Close Reading
• Structure, Characters and Themes
• Sources, Text and Language
• Metre, Imagery and Key Passages
Module Three: Texts in Context
Brian Friel: Making History (2004 onwards)
and Three Victorian Poets(2004 only) or Thomas Hardy:
Selected Poems (from 2005)
• Making History: Making the Plot: Act I
• Making History: Text in Context: Act II
• Making History: Character-making
• Making History: Making History, etc
• Three Victorian Poets: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, or Introduction to Hardy’s Poetry
• Three Victorian Poets: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, or Hardy looking out at the World
• Three Victorian Poets: Robert Browning, or Hardy looking inwards at his Experience
Part 2: A2 Modules
Module Four: Texts in Time
William Shakespeare Othello and John Keats Selected Poems
• Othello: A Domestic Tragedy
• Othello: Characters, Style and Imagery
• Othello: the Double Time Scheme
• Keats: the Narrative Poems
• Keats: the Great Odes
• The Fall of Hyperion and Keats’ Life
Module Five: Literary Connections
Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d'Urbervilles and John Fowles: The
French Lieutenant's Woman (from 2005)
• Tess of the d'Urbervilles: Introduction to the Novel
• Hardy’s Characterisation
• Style and Irony
• Introduction to The French Lieutenant's Woman
• Fowles’s Style and Narrative Technique
• Comparing the Two Texts
Module Six: Reading for Meaning - War in Literature
• War in Literature
• Prose and Drama of the First World War
• Poetry of the First World War |
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