English Literature

Assessment

A Level 2 year course Paper 1: Love through the ages - Study of three texts: one poetry, one prose text and one Shakespeare play. The exam will include two unseen poems. - Assessed on a 3 hour, open book exam worth 40% of A Level. Section A: Shakespeare: one passage-based question with linked essay Section B: Unseen poetry: compulsory essay question on two unseen poems Section C: Comparing texts: one essay question linking two texts Paper 2: Texts in shared contexts WW1 and its aftermath - Study of three texts: one prose, one poetry, and one drama, of which one must be written post-2000. Exam will include an unseen extract. - Assessed on a 2 hour 30 minutes, open book written exam worth 40% of A Level. Section A: Set texts. One essay question on set text Section B: Contextual linking of one compulsory question on an unseen extract and one essay question linking two texts. There is also a non-examination assessment which takes the form of an independent critical study of texts across time. Assessed by a comparative critical study of two texts, at least one of which must have been written pre-1900 which takes the form of an extended essay of 2,500 words which is worth 20% of A Level.