English Literature

Assessment

Paper 1 (40%): ‘Love Through the Ages’: • Othello, by William Shakespeare. • Response to 2 unseen poems. • An anthology of pre-1900 love poetry compared to The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Paper 2 (40%): ‘Modern Times’: • A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams. • Response to an unseen extract of modern prose. • Carol Ann Duffy’s collection of poetry entitled Feminine Gospels compared with Margaret Atwood’s acclaimed and popular novel The Handmaid’s Tale. Coursework (20%) 2500 word independent critical study on two additional texts of the student’s individual choice.