English Literature

Assessment

Paper 1: 3 hours (40%). Open book in Sec. C only Sec. A: Shakespeare One passage-based question with linked essay (25 marks) Sec. B: Unseen poetry Compulsory essay question on two unseen poems (25 marks) Sec. C: Comparing texts One essay question linking two texts (25 marks) Paper 2: 2 hours 30 minutes (40%). Open book. Sec. A: Set texts One essay question on set text (25 marks) Sec. B: Contextual linking One question on an unseen extract (25 marks) and one essay question linking two texts (25 marks) Coursework (20%) One extended essay comparing two texts, at least one of which must have been written pre-1900. (2,500 words) and a bibliography.