English Language and Literature

Assessment

Component 1: Exploring and comparing non-fiction and spoken texts (1 hour) = 16% The exam board provides an anthology of texts for this part of the course. Component 2: The stylistic and dramatic analysis of poetry and plays (2 hours) = 32% Texts range from Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire to poetry by Carol Ann Duffy Component 3: Analysis of narrative in a modern novel followed by an original creative writing task plus commentary (2 hours) = 32% Texts range from Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby to Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake to Ian McEwan’s Atonement Non-Exam Assessment: Comparison of two non-fiction texts plus a piece of original non-fiction writing = 20% Students this year are currently comparing We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver and In Cold Blood by Truman Capote