SCHEME OF WORK ENGLISH LITERATURE YEAR 13
Term 1
Shakespeare, The Tempest
Close Reading of the Text, Note Taking, Essays, Exam Practice, Social and Cultural context, Colonialism,
and Slavery, Post-Colonial Interpretations, Freedom and Confinement, Betrayal, Compassion and
forgiveness, Statecraft, Justice and Magic, Christian Readings, Critical and Analytical texts, Video.
Chaucer, The Nun’s Priest’s Prologue and Tale
Close Study of the Text, Textual Difficulties, Middle English, Kind, Structure and Form, Allegoresis and
Beast Fable, Church and Clerics, Exegesis, Sermons and Rhetoric, Predestination and Fee Will, Symbolism,
Eschatology and Levels of Meaning, Characters and Types; Satire and Commentary, Social Criticism of the
Church, State Rich, Narration and Digression, Sentence and Moral.
Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
Close Study of the Text, Video, Comedy and Satire, Jews in Renaissance Europe, Old and NEW Testament,
Old and New Man, Father’s Will and Gender Issues, Racism and Social Commentary, Money, Bonds, Rings
and Caskets: the Law and the Word, Rhetoric and Truth, Characters and Types: Heroes and Villains,
Venice and Belmont, Commerce, Mercy and the Law, Keeping Safe Nerissa’s Ring: Love and Money.
Term 2
Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 9
Close Reading of Text, Social and Cultural Context, Tragic and Epic Forms, Rhetoric, Christian Views of
the Universe, Obedience, Guilt and Punishment, Marriage, Gender and Sexuality, Satan as Hero, Motifs and
Symbols, Critical and Analytical Texts, Essays, Exam Practice.
Conrad, Heart of Darkness
Close Study of Text, Novel, Kinds and Traditions, Allegory and Politics, Quest Myth, Settings; Thames,
Brussels, Congo, Narrators Reliable and Unreliable, Character and Civilisation, Kurtz’ Brides, Innocence
and the Unspeakable, Africa, Europe and The Soul of Man, Savagery and Noble Savagery, Money and
Power, Language, Rhetoric and Truth, Writing of Comparative Coursework.
Term 3
Webster, The White Devil
Close Study of the Text, Social and Cultural Context, Religious Fractures and Tragic Symbolism, Tragedy
and Character, Justice, Statecraft and the Law, Morality, Women and Devils, Satire and Dramatic Shocks,
Crime and Punishment, State and Church, Men and Women, Video, Essays, Exam Practice.