· Component 1: Drama - Students will study one Shakespeare play and one other drama from either tragedy or comedy - both texts selected from one or both of these categories. In addition, students will study critical essays related to their selected Shakespeare play. · Component 2: Prose - Students will study two prose texts from a chosen theme, with at least one of the texts being taken from pre-1900. · Component 3: Poetry - Students study a selection of post2000 specified poetry and will also engage in a focus of a literary period (either pre or post-1900). · Component 4: Coursework - Students will apply their literary reading skills to two chosen texts. They will engage in wider reading and apply research and study skills to their chosen literature.