English Literature

Assessment

Paper 1: Drama (30%) You will study one Shakespeare play and a modern playscript by Tennessee Williams. • ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by William Shakespeare • ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams Paper 2: Prose (20%) You will study two novels: one pre 1900 and one post 1900. ese are linked thematically: • ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’, by omas Hardy • ‘Mrs Dalloway’, by Virginia Woolf Paper 3: Poetry (30%) • You will study an anthology of poems written post-2000. • You will study a collection of Metaphysical poems by John Donne. Paper 4: Coursework (20%) • You will write an extended essay (2500 – 3000 words) comparing two texts. You will study ‘e Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald and select a second text (from a pre-selected list) to work on independently. The task gives you the opportunity to work on critical material, reading academic responses to your texts. Excitingly, you will consider how your view on the text aligns or diverges from the critical position expressed.