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ENGLISH LITERATURE

A-LEVEL (OCR)

Entry Requirements

Standard A-level entry requirements
Plus Grade 5 in GCSE English Literature

Course Leader(s)

Mr J Minden

About the Course

You will be reading and discussing examples from all the major literary genres and the course will cover authors as diverse as Geoffrey Chaucer, Yaa Gyasi, Sylvia Plath and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Your teachers will help you to develop your own critical and creative responses to the authors whose works you encounter. You will discover connections between texts and you will see how literary texts can be interpreted in a variety of different ways. The ability to communicate fluently, accurately and effectively is an essential skill for all Literature students. Trips to see set texts, particularly plays, in performance will be offered whenever possible.

Future Prospects

English Literature develops skills which are valued by a wide range of professions such as law, business, journalism, advertising and teaching. The critical thinking and communication skills you will develop are in high demand in the context of generative AI and a changing workplace. Recent students have gone on to a wide range of degree courses, from Literature to Philosophy to Finance. 

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