A Level English Literature
Course Code: Q100035
Key Information
Course type:
A Levels
Campus:
Sixth Form Campus
Next Start Date:
07 Sept 2026
Duration:
2 years
Attendance:
Full-time
Fees:
Free
For those who love to read and discuss their ideas about texts, this A Level in English Literature is a traditional academic course that is valued by universities and provides you with highly useful skills.
Units include:
- drama and poetry pre-1900, including Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
- comparative and contextual study, including two Gothic prose texts
- non-exam assessment exploring poetry, a novel and a play.
Do you love to read? Do you enjoy unpicking a literary text to find the deeper, hidden meanings? Studying English literature gives you a unique opportunity to hone your skills of analysis and argument, as well as challenging you to question your own and others' ideas. You will study a range of literary texts and genres as well as the contexts in which they were written. You will use literary theories to pose your own questions about the texts and develop your own ideas.
English Literature works well in combination with other subjects like classical civilisation, history, law, media studies and film studies.
A minimum of five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including a grade 5 or above in English language and a grade 6 or above in English literature.
You will have a 9.55am start, one lesson in the morning, one in the afternoon and a guaranteed 4pm finish. You will also have at least one morning and one afternoon per week free for private study.
The course is broken down into 80% examinations with 20% coursework.
You can progress to university to study subjects such as English, journalism, media studies, drama and theatre studies, history, law and education.
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