A Level English Literature

Assessment

Literature 1B – Aspects of Comedy 2hrs 30 mins, closed book, 40% of A Level Section A: Analysis an extract from Twelth Night, making links across the play Section B: Analytical question on Twelfth Night (usually based on a theme, an aspect of comedy or character) Section C: An essay linking Emma and The Importance of Being Earnest through comedy Literature 2A – Elements of Crime Writing 3 hours, open book, 40% of A Level Section A: one compulsory question on an unseen passage Sections B and C are essay questions on (1) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Coleridge (2) Post-2000 Prose: Atonement, McEwan and (3) Brighton Rock, Greene Non-Exam Assessment: Two 1250-1500 word essays, 20% of A Level Analytical essays on (1) novel and (2) a collection of poetry, linked to Marxism, Feminism or Post Colonial theory