English Literature

Assessment

The first of two exams is entitled ‘Love Through the Ages’ and, as well as one unseen poetry element, includes assessment based on Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby and a selection of love poetry published before 1900. The second exam – entitled ‘Texts in Modern Times’ – includes one unseen prose element and questions on: Williams’ modern drama A Streetcar Named Desire, the recent poetry collection Skirrid Hill by Welsh poet Owen Sheers and the popular Margaret Atwood novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. The final 20% of the course is assessed through the completion of a piece of coursework that expects students to compare two texts of their own choice.