English Literature

Assessment

Component 1: Drama This is an open-book exam. Section A: Shakespeare. Students answer one question from a choice of two on Othello Section B: Other drama. Students answer one question from a choice of two on A Streetcar Named Desire. Component 2: Prose This is an open-book exam. Students answer one comparative essay question on Never Let Me Go and Frankenstein. Component 3: Poetry This is an open-book exam. Section A: Students answer one question from a choice of two on an unseen modern poem written post-2000 and one named poem from the studied contemporary anthology Poems of the Decade. Section B: Students answer one question on the chosen text – The Wife of Bath. Coursework (20% of the total marks) Students produce one extended, comparative essay referring to two texts. The advisory word count is 2,500-3,000 words. This assignment is internally assessed and externally moderated.