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A'Level English Literature

eDistance Learning

Summary

Price
£437.50 inc VAT
Finance options
Finance options available
Study method
Distance learning
Duration
2 years · Self-paced
Qualification
A' Level (Full AS/A2)
Awarded by AQA
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

Overview

A distance learning course is the ideal way to gain an A Level in English Literature.

Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning A Level English Literature is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for the A Level English Literature exam through home study.

What's more, because the distance learning A Level English Literature course is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required.

By the time you have completed this course, your knowledge and awareness of literary techniques and traditions should be significantly improved and you should have gained a sophisticated understanding of the relationship between literary texts and their contexts in the wider world. It is intended that you will develop the ability to analyse literary texts and communicate complex literary arguments using appropriate technical terminology.

Description

The A' Level English Literature is divided into 45 lessons and eighteen tutor marked assignments:

Introductory Module: Literary Analysis

  • Lesson 1 Imagery
  • Lesson 2 The Sounds of Language
  • Tutor-marked Assignment A
  • Lesson 3 Characters
  • Lesson 4 Descriptive Writing
  • Tutor-marked Assignment B
  • Lesson 5 Point of View
  • Lesson 6 Tone of Voice
  • Lesson 7 Feelings
  • Tutor-marked Assignment C


AS Modules
Module One: Victorian Literature (Poetry)

(a) Introduction to Victorian Literature

  • The first four lessons require Three Victorian Poets, ed. Janet
  • Ogborn (Cambridge University Press, 1998, ISBN 0 521 62710 9)
  • Lesson 8 The Victorian Period
  • Lesson 9 Alfred, Lord Tennyson
  • Lesson 10 Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • Lesson 11 Robert Browning
  • Tutor-marked Assignment D
  • Lesson 12 The Importance of Oscar Wilde
  • Lesson 13 Dickens and Hard Times
  • Tutor-marked Assignment E


(b) Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems

  • Lesson 14 Introduction to Hardy’s Poetry
  • Lesson 15 Hardy looking out at the World
  • Tutor-marked Assignment F
  • Lesson 16 Hardy looking inwards at his Experience
  • Tutor-marked Assignment G


Module Two: Victorian Literature (Prose and Drama)

(a) Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre

  • Lesson 17 Jane Eyre in Context
  • Lesson 18 Jane and Rochester
  • Tutor-marked Assignment H
  • Lesson 19 Jane Eyre and Romances
  • Lesson 20 Recreating Jane Eyre


(b) Tom Stoppard: Arcadia

  • Lesson 21 Arcadia: Scenes 1-2
  • Lesson 22 Arcadia on Stage
  • Lesson 23 Arcadia: Literature and History
  • Tutor-marked Assignment I
  • Lesson 24 Arcadia: Recreation


A2 Modules
Module Three: Love through the Ages

(a) Historical Overview

  • Lesson 25 The Birth of Love: The Middle Ages and
  • Chaucer
  • Lesson 26 Love, Shakespeare and the Metaphysicals
  • Lesson 27 The Romantics and Love
  • Tutor-marked Assignment J
  • Lesson 28 From Jane Austen to Mills & Boon
  • Lesson 29 Modern Love
  • Tutor-marked Assignment K


(b) Key Texts
Lessons 30-35 to be confirmed, together with two further TMAs (L,M) similar to the Unit 3 exam.

Module Four: (a) Literary Connections

(a) Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d'Urbervilles and John Fowles: The French Lieutenant's Woman

  • Lesson 36 Tess of the d'Urbervilles: Introduction to the Novel
  • Lesson 37 Hardy’s Characterisation
  • Lesson 38 Style and Irony
  • Tutor-marked Assignment N
  • Lesson 39 Introduction to The French Lieutenant's Woman
  • Lesson 40 Fowles’s Style and Narrative Technique
  • Tutor-marked Assignment O
  • Lesson 41 Comparing the Two Texts
  • Tutor-marked Assignment P


(b) Shakespeare: Much Ado about Nothing

  • Lesson 42 Introduction to the Study of Shakespeare
  • Lesson 43 Plot and Themes
  • Lesson 44 Characters and Language
  • Tutor-marked Assignment Q
  • Lesson 45 Comparing All Three Texts
  • Tutor-marked Assignment R

Requirements

Educated to at least Grade C GCSE standard or above.

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