A Level in English Literature (AS/A2)

Course Synopsis :
Oxford College ODL offer this full A Level course in English Literature. On completion of your two part course you will be able to read and interpret a wide range of imaginative works.

Course Content :

Unit 1: The Modern Novel: The Handmaid's Tale
I Night and II Shopping
III Night to VI Household
VII Night to IX Night
X Soul Scrolls and XI Night
XII Jezebel's and XIII Night
XIV Salvaging to Historical Notes

Unit 2: Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew
Induction 1 and 2 'Would the beggar then forget himself?'
Act I 'That wench is stark mad or wonderful froward'
Act II 'A Kate Conformable as other household Kates'
Act III 'I will be master of what is my own'
Act IV 'And if you please to call it a rush candle, Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me'
Act V 'Such a duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband'

Unit 3: Texts in Context
Part 1 Drama: Dr Faustus
Reading the play
Prologue and Scene 1
Scenes 2 and 3
Scenes 4 and 5
Scenes 6 to 11
Chorus 4, Scenes 12 and 13, and Epilogue
The play in its context
The language of the play

Part 2 Poetry: Safe as Houses
How to approach a poem
‘Haunting'
‘The Unprofessionals'
‘Water everywhere'
‘Reading between'
‘Sirensong'
‘The Doll's Children'
‘Last House', ‘Christmas Presents' and ‘What, in our house?'
The themes and content of the collection
A constructive approach to essays

Unit 4: Texts in Time
Part 1: Othello
Introduction: Shakespeare studies
Act One
Act Two
Act Three
Act Four
Act Five
Themes and Ideas
Characterisation

Part 2: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Poems in pairs
Marks of weakness, marks of woe
Ethics and education
Lambs and tigers
Heaven and hell
Structure and style
Understanding 'Innocence' and 'Experience'

Unit 5: Literary Connections
Part 1: A Clockwork Orange
Burgess and his work
Part 1, Chapters 1 and 2
Part 1, Chapters 3 and 4
Part 1, Chapters 5, 6 and 7
Part 2, Chapters 1 and 2
Part 2, Chapters 3, 4 and 5
Part 2, Chapters 6 and 7
Part 3, Chapters 1 and 2
Part 3, Chapters 3, 4 and 5
Part 3, Chapters 6 and 7

Part 2: Riddley Walker
Hoban and his work
Chapters 1 and 2
Chapters 3 and 4
Chapters 5 and 6
Chapters 7 and 8
Chapters 9 and 10
Chapters 11 and 12
Chapters 13 and 14
Chapters 15 and 16
Chapters 17 and 18

Part 3: Comparative Study
Themes
Language and Style
Characters
Narrative point of view
Setting
Comparative issues and questions

Unit 6: Reading for Meaning (War in Literature)
The literature of war
War poetry
War prose and drama
Comparing war literature

Entry Requirements :
Basic English reading and writing skills, as full tutor support is given.

Study Hours :
Variable by student commitment

Qualification :
AS/A2 - A level in English Literature (AQA). Both AS and A2 level courses and examinations must be successfully completed to gain a full A level.

International :
If you are based outside the UK, it may be possible to sit your examination through your local British Council, depending on your location. Please contact the examination board EDEXCEL for details on examination centres in your country.

What's Included :
Course completion certificate from Oxford College ODL, postage and packing, unlimited full tutor support. Students are required to arrange and pay for examinations. Details of examination dates and examination enrolment deadlines are included in the 'Student Welcome Pack'.

Additional Information

Course Fee :
£295.00 - Full A Level (AS and A2 courses)

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