English Literature

Assessment

Paper 1: Love through the Ages Written examination (3 hours) – 40% of A Level - Section A: Shakespeare - One passage-based question with a linked question - Section B: Unseen poetry - Compulsory essay question on two unseen poems - Section C: Comparing texts (open book) Paper 2: Texts in Shared Contexts (1945 to the present day) Written examination (2h 30m) - 40% of A Level - Section A: Set texts (open book) - One essay question on set text - Section B: Contextual linking (set texts and unseen extract) - One compulsory question on an unseen prose extract One essay question linking two texts Non-exam assessment: Independent critical study (Texts across Time) - 20% of A Level Comparative critical study of two texts, at least one of which must have been written pre-1900, in the form.