English Literature

Assessment

You will take two exams at the end of the course. One will be on three texts: a Shakespeare play, a drama text (not Shakespeare) and a poetry text. The other will be centred around a topic, for example, ‘Women in Literature’, ‘American Literature 1880–1940’ or ‘Gothic Literature’. For this exam, you will study two set texts in detail, and will also be encouraged to read widely on the chosen topic. Each of these exams will be worth 40% of your final mark. You will also compile a folder of work for your Non Examined Assessment which will consist of two pieces of writing, one on a single text, the other comparing two texts, all of which must have been published after 1900, and one of which must have been published after 2000. The folder will total 3,000 words and will be worth 20% of your final mark.