English Literature

Assessment

Paper One: Love through the Ages (3 hours) Three texts: one poetry and one prose text, of which one must be written pre-1900, and one Shakespeare play. The exam will include two unseen poems. 40% of A level. Paper Two: Texts in shared contexts (2.5 hours) Option 2B: Modern Times: literature from 1945 to the present day. Study of three texts: one prose, one poetry and one drama, of which one must be written post-2000. The exam will include an unseen extract. 40% of A level. Non-Examined Assessment: Independent Critical Study: Texts across time Comparative critical study of two texts, at least one of which much have been written pre-1900. 2500-word essay and a bibliography. 20% of A level.