English Literature

Assessment

Component 1: Drama - Written examination, lasting 2 hours and 15 minutes. Section A – Shakespeare: one essay question, incorporating ideas from wider critical reading. Section B – Other Drama: one essay question. Component 2: Prose - Written examination, lasting 1 hour and 15 minutes. Students answer one comparative essay question from a choice of two on their studied theme (Supernatural). Component 3: Poetry - Written examination, lasting 2 hours and 15 minutes. Section A – Post-2000 Specified Poetry: one comparative essay question on an unseen modern poem written post-2000 and one named poem from the studied contemporary text. Section B – Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 (Romanticism): one essay question. There is also the opportunity to take English Literature as an AS subject instead, and complete an EPQ in it.