English Literature

Assessment

Paper 1: Aspects of Comedy - 40% of A Level. (Twelfth Night, The Importance of Being Earnest, comic poetry). Paper 2: Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing - 40% of A Level. (An unseen passage, The Kite Runner, The Doll’s House, Harrison poetry.) NEA: This unit, which is worth 20% of the full A Level, requires you to choose one poetry text and one prose text to explore and write about. Using the critical viewpoints of Marxism, feminism, post-colonialism, eco-criticism, narrative and literary value you will write two essays, for which you will construct the questions with your teacher. In this unit, you also have the option to write a conventional essay, re-creative piece or a journalistic response. Your essays will be 1500 words each.