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It allows the student to read and analyse texts from a range of genres and times concentrating in Year 12 on Love Through the Ages.
AQA English Literature A
The AS is a standalone qualification. It does not count towards the full A Level.
You can opt into the AS qualification if you choose to drop this subject at the end of Year 12.
At AS two examinations, both 1 hour, 30 minutes.
At A Level two examinations one of 3 hours, the other of 2 hours 30 minutes, plus non examination assessment.
Year 12 (AS)
Component 1: 50%
- Study of two texts: one Shakespeare play (Othello) and the AQA Anthology of pre-1900 love poetry through the ages.
Component 2: 50%
- Study of two prose texts (The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier) and unseen prose extracts.
Year 13 (A Level)
Component 1: Written Examination 3 hours 40%
- Study of three texts: the AQA Anthology of pre-1900 love poetry through the ages and one prose text (The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier and one Shakespeare play Othello.
- Examination will include two unseen poems.
Component 2: Written Examination 2 hours 30 minutes 40%
- Study of three texts: one prose, one poetry, and one drama, of which one must be written post-2000 (set texts TBC). The examination will include an unseen extract.
Non-examination assessment – 20%
- Independent critical study: texts across time. A comparative critical study of two texts, at least one of which must have been written pre-1900.
- One extended essay (2,500 words) and a bibliography.
These are the texts currently taught but they may be subject to change.