English Literature

Assessment

Unit 1 - Drama and poetry pre-1900 (40% exam) • Drama – Richard III or Hamlet by Shakespeare and A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen • Poetry – The Merchant’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer Unit 2 - Comparative and contextual study (40% exam) • The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald and The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton alongside extracts from other American texts written between 1880-1940 • 1984 by George Orwell and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood alongside extracts from other dystopian fiction. Unit 3 - Literature Post-1900 (20% coursework) • A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams - close reading analysis 1000 words • Contemporary novel and poetry – 2000 word comparative essay – Small Island by Andrea Levy and Look We Have Coming to Dover! By Daljit Nagra