English Literature

Assessment

Paper 1: Love through the Ages (40% of A-Level grade) For this unit students will study one poetry text and one prose text, of which one must be written pre-1900, and one Shakespeare play. This unit will be assessed by a three-hour examination, which will include one passage-based question on a Shakespeare play, a compulsory essay question on two unseen poems and one essay question linking the two texts studied on the course. Paper 2: Texts in Shared Contexts (40% of A-Level grade) For this unit students will study three texts: one prose, one poetry and one drama, of which one must have been written post-2000. The texts can either be related to World War 1 and its aftermath or modern literature ranging from 1945 to the present day. This unit will be assessed by a 2 1⁄2 hour examination. Paper 3: Independent Critical Study: Texts across Time (20% of A-Level grade) For this unit students will write a 2,500-word comparative critical essay of two texts, one of which must have been written pre-1900. This unit will be examined by teachers and moderated by the exam board.