English Literature

Assessment

English Literature A level is made up of 20% NEA and the remaining 80% from two exams taken at the end of the course. These will involve the close reading of given passages and longer essays based on the full texts that you will have studied. Timed practice essays are completed throughout the course, as well as mock exams. The NEA component will consist of two tasks: one is a close reading or a re-creative response to a poetry collection, (published post 2000) of your choosing. The second task is an essay comparing Tennessee Williams’ ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ with a novel of your choosing.