English Literature

Assessment

Year 1 Component 1: Section B: Poetry post-1900 (open-book, clean copy) One question from a choice of two based on the reading of two post-1900 poetry texts: Thomas Hardy: Poems selected by Tom Paulin and T S Eliot: Selected Poems. Written exam: • 1hr. Component 2: Section A: Shakespeare (closed book exam) – The Tempest, Antony and Cleopatra or Hamlet. Examination will consist of two questions. Written exam: • 1hr. Component 3: Unseen Poetry and Prose Section A: Unseen prose One question from a choice of two, analysing an unseen passage of prose, taken from one of two prescribed periods for study (1880-1910 or 1918-1939). Section B: Unseen poetry One question from a choice of two, analysing an unseen poem or poetry extract. Written exam: • 2hrs. Year 2 Component 1: Section A: Poetry pre-1900 (open-book, clean copy) One two-part question based on the reading of one pre-1900 poetry text – William Blake: Poems selected by Patti Smith. Written exam: • 1hr. Component 2: Section B: Drama (closed-book) One question from a choice of two based on the reading of a pair of plays: one pre-1900 and one post-1900. Either Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere’s Fan & Harold Pinter: Betrayal or John Webster: The Duchess of Malfi & Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire. Written exam: • 1hr. Component 4: Non-exam assessment: One 2500-3500 word assignment based on the reading of two prose texts from different periods, one pre-2000 and one post-2000.