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A2 ENGLISH LITERATURE Your guide through the academic year. www.sevansmedia.blogspot.com
Coursework Coursework 20% of total A Level marks One piece of work: • An extended essay (3000 words) comparing three texts and focused on – comparison – appreciation of the writer’s choices of form, structure and language – exploring interpretations of text – some understanding of the significance of context www.sevansmedia.blogspot.com
What you need to do. You devise a question based on the study of three texts with a shared theme: The Merchant of Venice The Crucible The Handmaid’s Tale I help you with your question choice and it must be approved by the examining body – AQA www.sevansmedia.blogspot.com
The Written Paper Refer to the “Roadmap”. Written Paper, 2 hours 30 minutes Closed Book 30% of total A Level marks • Four unseen extracts for close study, comparison and critical commentary Two compulsory questions: • One comparing two extracts of the same genre, with close reading of the texts and reference to the wider reading of love poetry • One comparing two extracts (of the remaining two genres), using wider reading of love through literature to inform interpretations www.sevansmedia.blogspot.com
What you need to do. Students should read at least the equivalent of three texts on the theme of Love Through the Ages, including: • The three genres of prose, poetry and drama • Literature written by both men and women • Literature through time (Chaucer to present day) • Some non-fiction texts www.sevansmedia.blogspot.com
Love Through the Ages These texts are: The Rover. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. Selected poems by Byron and Keats.  www.sevansmedia.blogspot.com

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A2 english studies specifications introduction

  • 1. A2 ENGLISH LITERATURE Your guide through the academic year. www.sevansmedia.blogspot.com
  • 2. Coursework Coursework 20% of total A Level marks One piece of work: • An extended essay (3000 words) comparing three texts and focused on – comparison – appreciation of the writer’s choices of form, structure and language – exploring interpretations of text – some understanding of the significance of context www.sevansmedia.blogspot.com
  • 3. What you need to do. You devise a question based on the study of three texts with a shared theme: The Merchant of Venice The Crucible The Handmaid’s Tale I help you with your question choice and it must be approved by the examining body – AQA www.sevansmedia.blogspot.com
  • 4. The Written Paper Refer to the “Roadmap”. Written Paper, 2 hours 30 minutes Closed Book 30% of total A Level marks • Four unseen extracts for close study, comparison and critical commentary Two compulsory questions: • One comparing two extracts of the same genre, with close reading of the texts and reference to the wider reading of love poetry • One comparing two extracts (of the remaining two genres), using wider reading of love through literature to inform interpretations www.sevansmedia.blogspot.com
  • 5. What you need to do. Students should read at least the equivalent of three texts on the theme of Love Through the Ages, including: • The three genres of prose, poetry and drama • Literature written by both men and women • Literature through time (Chaucer to present day) • Some non-fiction texts www.sevansmedia.blogspot.com
  • 6. Love Through the Ages These texts are: The Rover. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. Selected poems by Byron and Keats. www.sevansmedia.blogspot.com