English Literature

Assessment

- Two exams, each worth 40%. - One unit of coursework worth 20%. - The drama and Poetry pre-1900 exam will include questions about a Shakespeare play, with the second half of the exam asking you to compare one drama with one poetry text. - The second exam (e.g. Women in Literature, The Gothic, American Literature 1880-1940) will ask you to compare two texts and will also require you to assess an unseen passage. - Coursework is in the format of two essays, one focusing on the close reading of a passage of one text and the second compares the other two.