ENGLISH LITERATURE

Assessment

Love through the Ages This unit focuses on how aspects of one theme – love – change and develop over the course of the history of English literature. You will study the literary and historical context, from the Middle ages and Chaucer, through the Renaissance, Victorian literature, all the way to post-modernism. This unit gives you a grounding in literature of all time periods, and you will learn to apply this knowledge to unseen poetry. You will also read a range of texts, including Othello (William Shakespeare), Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) OR The Great Gatsby (F Scott Fitzgerald) and a selection of love poetry. Exam (3 hours) 75 marks 40% of A Level Texts in Contexts: World War One Literature OR Modern Literature from 1945 to the present. This second unit narrows the focus to one specific time period, focusing on more modern texts, either about WW1 OR written after 1945. You will either study a range of texts written during, or inspired by, WW1 experiences OR a range of texts which take the major issues of the late 20th and early 21st century as their inspiration. Exam (2 hours 30 mins) 75 marks 40% of A level Independent Critical Study: Texts across Time This unit draws on the independent reading that you have completed over the course of Year 12. You will work with your tutor to complete a 2,500 word essay, comparing a theme or idea across two texts – at least one of which must be written pre-1900. Coursework 25 marks 20% of A Level