Aspects of Tragedy: The study of three texts: one Shakespeare play, a second drama text, and one further text, one of which must have been written before 1900. Elements of Political and Social Protest writing: The study of three texts: one post-2000 prose text; one poetry and one further text . One of the texts must be written before 1900. You will also produce two pieces of coursework, based on your own independent reading. In preparation for this part of the course you will study a range of approaches to critical theory, including feminist and Marxist criticism, post-colonial theory, eco-critical approaches to literary criticism, aspects of narrative, and discussion of the literary canon, (in other words, which texts can be considered literature, and what it is that affords a text literary ‘value’).
Paper 1: Literary Genres {Tragedy) (40% of the A level) Section A: one passage based question on the set Shakespeare play (25 marks) Section B: one essay question on the set Shakespeare play (25 marks) Section C: one essay question on tragedy, which links two texts you have studied. Paper 2: Texts and Genres {40% of the A level) Section A: one compulsory question on an unseen passage (25 marks) Section B: one essay on a set text (25 marks) Section C: one essay question that links two texts you have studied. (25 marks) Non-exam Assessment (coursework): Two essays of between 1200 and 1500 words each: one on a selection of poetry and one on a novel or collection of short stories, all of which must be read independently, and will be chosen by students individually.
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| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Oxfordshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
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Aspects of Tragedy: The study of three texts: one Shakespeare play, a second drama text, and one further text, one of which must have been written before 1900. Elements of Political and Social Protest writing: The study of three texts: one post-2000 prose text; one poetry and one further text . One of the texts must be written before 1900. You will also produce two pieces of coursework, based on your own independent reading. In preparation for this part of the course you will study a range of approaches to critical theory, including feminist and Marxist criticism, post-colonial theory, eco-critical approaches to literary criticism, aspects of narrative, and discussion of the literary canon, (in other words, which texts can be considered literature, and what it is that affords a text literary ‘value’).
Paper 1: Literary Genres {Tragedy) (40% of the A level) Section A: one passage based question on the set Shakespeare play (25 marks) Section B: one essay question on the set Shakespeare play (25 marks) Section C: one essay question on tragedy, which links two texts you have studied. Paper 2: Texts and Genres {40% of the A level) Section A: one compulsory question on an unseen passage (25 marks) Section B: one essay on a set text (25 marks) Section C: one essay question that links two texts you have studied. (25 marks) Non-exam Assessment (coursework): Two essays of between 1200 and 1500 words each: one on a selection of poetry and one on a novel or collection of short stories, all of which must be read independently, and will be chosen by students individually.