English Literature

Assessment

A Level Course Summary (OCR) Unit 1 Shakespeare Drama pre-1900 Poetry pre-1900 Written Paper 2.5 Hours 40% Unit 2 Comparative & Contextual Study (American Literature 1880-1940) Written Paper 2.5 Hours 40% Unit 3 Literature post-1900 Internally Assessed 20% Sample Text Framework Unit 1 (closed text) Hamlet – William Shakespeare A Doll's House – Henrik Ibsen Selected Poems – Christina Rossetti Unit 2 (closed text) The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald Passing – Nella Larsen Contextual Anthology: American Literature 1880-1940 Unit 3 (coursework) Jerusalem – Jez Butterworth Selected Poems – TS Eliot The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy