A-Level English Literature

Before submitting your application to Wilberforce Sixth Form College, please ensure the following information has been included:

• Personal Details – including your home address, email address, contact number and school.
• Predicted Grades – a full list of all your predicted grades.

Once your application is submitted, we will contact you via your personal email address. If you wish to change your course choices, this can be done at your interview—there is no need to submit a new application.

For further information or assistance, please contact liaison@wilberforce.ac.uk

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If you love reading, have an enquiring mind and want to expand your horizons, studying A Level English Literature will open up new worlds for you. This course is a facilitating subject at Russell Group Universities, which will enable you to gain a highly respected academic qualification, as well as a wide knowledge of texts and genres which will in turn help you understand more about culture and history. Studying and applying literary theory will also expand your insights into issues such as gender, race, class and the workings of the human mind. You will develop high order skills such as analysis and evaluation, and given exciting opportunities to make independent and creative coursework choices from which you will develop valuable research skills – what better preparation for university and your future career?

WHO IS THE COURSE AIMED AT?

This course is for you if you love reading, have an enquiring mind and want to expand your horizons. It is essential if you are considering a degree in English, but will support many other degrees and careers. This subject is especially compatible with Law, History, Psychology and Art.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

• Study a range of classic/contemporary texts: Shakespeare, drama, pre-1900 text/post 2000 texts to develop breadth and depth of study

EXPERIENCES

This course will provide you with the opportunity to visit places like London through our Cultural Citizen Programme, as well as hear from guest speakers from companies like the Hull Daily Mail. You will also get the opportunity to take part in our Upskilling project, the student-led magazine Vox.