This is a thoroughly interesting course in which students not only study a wide range of poetry, novels and plays, but also get to choose their own fiction texts to study as part of their coursework. For the core texts studied, see below.
Topics/Skills Taught: English Literature
Year 12
Poetry: Poems of the Decade.
Prose: Frankenstein.
Play: Doctor Faustus (or other tragedy).
Prose: The Handmaid’s Tale.
Preparation for coursework.
Preparation for Year 13 poetry.
Year 13
Shakespeare play: Othello (or other tragedy).
Prose: War of the Worlds.
Poetry: Philip Larkin (or other collection).
Coursework: A comparison of two fiction texts.
Revision of topics studied in Year 12.
Texts Studied
Book | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (Vintage) | 9780099740919 | |
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Wordsworth Classic) | 9781853260230 | |
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Penguin Classics) | 9780141024448 | |
Poems of the Decade (Faber & Faber) | 9780571325405 | |
Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (Longman) | This is the study copy | 9780582817807 |
Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (Dover Thrift) | This is the exam copy (without notes) | 9780486282084 |
Othello by William Shakespeare (Longman) – this issue may only be available second hand. | This is the study copy (may only be available second hand) | 9780582488830 |
Othello by William Shakespeare (Wordsworth Classic) | This is the exam copy (without notes) | 9781853260186 |
The Less Deceived by Philip Larkin (Faber & Faber) | 9780571260126 | |
War of the Worlds by HG Wells (Penguin) | 9780141441030 | |
Extra-Curricular Opportunities
Theatre Trips.
