Course description
Taking Distance Learning Centre's English literature A Level Course is an excellent way to introduce yourself to a wide range of works including drama, poetry and prose. On this AQA syllabus, there are four written papers and the course prepares you thoroughly for all of them.
Each lesson begins with a set of clearly stated objectives and an explanation of its place in the overall programme of study. Effective learning is encouraged through frequent activities and self- assessment questions. There are nineteen Tutor-Marked Assignments (known as TMAs).
The course covers the following units:
- Module 1: Literary Analysis
- Module 2: Anthology of Love Poetry through the Ages: Pre-1900
- Module 3: Love through the Ages
- Module 4: Shakespeare: Othello
- Module 5 (a): Charlotte Bront: Jane Eyre
- Module 5 (b): Thomas Hardy: Tess of the dUrbervilles (AS only)
- Module 6: Owen Sheers: Skirrid Hill .
- Module 7: Michael Frayn: Spies
- Module 8: Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
- Module 9: Coursework: Jane Austen: Mansfield Park
- Module 10: Coursework: George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four
On completion of their study students would arrange examinations with a local exam centre as a private candidate.
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Course Format
Paper Based Materials
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