English Literature

Assessment

80% Examination 20% Coursework Paper 1: Love through the Ages Study of three texts: one poetry one prose text and one Shakespeare play. The exam will include two unseen poems. Poetry: AQA ed. Anthology of love poetry through the ages: pre-1900 Pre-1900 Shakespeare: • The Taming of the Shrew Options for prose text (one of): • Jane Austen: Persuasion • Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre • Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights • Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D’Urbervilles • F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby • Daphne Du Maurier: Rebecca • Ian McEwan: Atonement Written exam: 3 hours • Open book in Section C only (Comparing Texts) • 75 marks • 40% of A Level Paper 2: Texts in shared contexts Modern times: Literature from 1945 to the present day Study of three texts: one prose, one poetry, and one drama. The exam will include an unseen extract. Section A: ONE Core set texts Drama • Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire Section B: Contextual Linking Students study two texts. Poetry • Carol Ann Duffy: Feminine Gospels Prose (one of) • Margaret Attwood: The Handmaid’s Tale • Jeanette Winterson: Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes • open book • 75 marks • 40% of A Level Unit 3 Coursework: Independent Critical Study Comparative critical study of two texts, at least one of which must have been written pre-1900. One extended essay (2,500 words) and a bibliography. • 50 marks • 20% of A Level • assessed by teachers, moderated by AQA