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 Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de BerniŠres (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: You need five GCSEs at grades A*-C',' which must include English and maths. A grade B in a related subject is preferred. Career Options: This is an ideal first step towards degree level study in arts and humanities subjects',' or in English language or literature.
Name: English Literature A-Level Qualification title: GCE AS Level in English Literature Qualification type: GCE A/AS Level or equivalent Assessment Awarding EDEXCEL Created 20160114 13:59:36 Updated 20160114 13:59:36
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