Paper 1: Love through the Ages Written exam making up 40% of A Level. Close study of three texts: one poetry, one pre-1900 and one Shakespeare play. Example texts include: an anthology of love poetry, Othello and The Great Gatsby. Paper 2: Texts in Shared Contexts (Modern texts: Literature from 1945 to the present day) Written exam making up 40% of A Level. Close study of three texts: one prose, one poetry and one drama, one of which must be written post-2000. Example texts include: A Streetcar Named Desire, The Help, and Sylvia Plath poetry. Independent Critical Study: Texts Across Time Coursework module making up 20% of A Level. One extended essay based on a comparative critical study of two texts. Students choose their own texts based on themes such as: the struggle for identity, the Gothic, satire and dystopia, war and conflict, representations of race and ethnicity or social class and culture.
Five GCSE grades 9-5 and GCSE points score of 40 or above. Grade 6 or above in both English Literature and English Language GCSE.
80% Examination 20% Non-Exam Assessment
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Paper 1: Love through the Ages Written exam making up 40% of A Level. Close study of three texts: one poetry, one pre-1900 and one Shakespeare play. Example texts include: an anthology of love poetry, Othello and The Great Gatsby. Paper 2: Texts in Shared Contexts (Modern texts: Literature from 1945 to the present day) Written exam making up 40% of A Level. Close study of three texts: one prose, one poetry and one drama, one of which must be written post-2000. Example texts include: A Streetcar Named Desire, The Help, and Sylvia Plath poetry. Independent Critical Study: Texts Across Time Coursework module making up 20% of A Level. One extended essay based on a comparative critical study of two texts. Students choose their own texts based on themes such as: the struggle for identity, the Gothic, satire and dystopia, war and conflict, representations of race and ethnicity or social class and culture.
Five GCSE grades 9-5 and GCSE points score of 40 or above. Grade 6 or above in both English Literature and English Language GCSE.
80% Examination 20% Non-Exam Assessment