A Level English Literature

A Level English Literature

Dates Available

• Week 1: 31 March – 4 April
• Week 2: 7 April – 11 April
• Week 3: 14 April – 18 April

Boards

All boards

Length of Course

8 hour seminars or 4 hour seminars (where advertised)

Times

9am to 6pm daily

The texts offered are selected on the basis of popularity and difficulty from those set by all three examination boards. Such intense immersion over the course of the day encourages full ownership of the texts studied. The morning session will be devoted to developing an understanding of the respective text’s key themes, putting the text in its historical context and providing character studies. The afternoon session will include the careful analysis of exam papers, their formats and their rubric. Attention will be paid to the context options, where appropriate, and the seminars will conclude with the planning out of answers to past and future examination questions.

An example of the timetable is shown below:

Week One

• Monday 31 March: The Tempest
• Tuesday 1 April: The Duchess of Malfi in relation to The Merchant’s Tale
• Wednesday 2 April: The Gothic Genre: Dracula in relation to The Bloody Chamber
• Thursday 3 April: Hamlet
• Friday 4 April: Measure for Measure

Week Two

• Monday 7 April: A Streetcar Named Desire
• Tuesday 8 April: Othello
• Wednesday 9 April: Edward II in relation to Paradise Lost books IX and X
• Thursday 10 April: American Literature – The Great Gatsby in relation to The Grapes of Wrath
• Friday 11 April: Dystopia – 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale

Weeks 1,2 and 3

The new A level specifications are no longer text specific across all boards and the options are quite broad. We will therefore be offering bespoke four hour courses during this
period.

Other texts may well be available on request so please do not hesitate to contact the Course Director to discuss your requirements.