English Literature

Assessment

Year 12: Students will study the literature of love through the ages in Year 12; texts will comprise W. Shakespeare's Othello, Wuthering Heights by E. Bronte and a poetry anthology. Assessment will take place at the end of Year 13 in an examination worth 40%. Year 13: Students will study texts in shared contexts in Year 13 and will focus on the topic of WW1 and its aftermath. They will study three texts: one prose, one poetry and one drama on this theme. At the end of the course they will sit an examination worth 40%. In addition, students will undertake a non-exam assessment where they will provide comparative critical study of two texts, at least one of which must have been written pre-1900. This is worth 20% of the A level and is an opportunity for students to explore an area of precise interest to them.