English Literature

Assessment

Component 1: A study of one Shakespeare play (Hamlet), drama (H Ibsen, A Doll’s House) and poetry (C Rossetti Selected Poems) pre-1900. Assessed: ● Written exam: 2 hours 30 mins ● Closed text ● 40% of A level Component 2: A study of two literary texts from American literature 1880-1940 (FS Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby and J Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath) or The Gothic (Bram Stoker: Dracula and Mary Shelley: Frankenstein) Assessed: ● Written exam: 2 hours 30 mins ● Closed text/open text ● 40% of A level 17 Component 3 A study of three texts including prose, poetry and drama (details TBC by head of English nearer to the time). Texts will range from post 1900 to post 2000. Assessed: ● Coursework ● 20% of A level ● Assessed by teachers and moderated by OCR