What Will I learn?
Component 1 – Aspects of Tragedy: 40% of A Level
One Drama text – King Lear
One Drama text for comparison – Death of a Salesman
One Poetry text for comparison – Keats selection
Component 2 – Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing: 40% of A Level
Post-2000 novel – The Kite Runner (Hosseini)
Poetry Text – Songs of Innocence and Experience (Blake)
Novel for Comparison – The Handmaid’s Tale (Attwood)
How Am I Assessed?
| Component 1 | Task 1 – Shakespeare extract Task 2 – whole Shakespeare play Task 3 – comparison of two texts | 2 hours 30 min written exam 3 tasks worth 25 marks each 50 minutes per question Closed book |
| Component 2 | Section A – one compulsory unseen question Section B – one essay question on a set text Section C – one essay question which connects two texts | 2 hours 30 min written exam Three hour open book (clean copy) question paper with 3 questions 1 hour per question |
| Component 3 | One text must be poetry, one text must be prose Each text must be linked to a different section of the AQA Critical Anthology Word count for each piece – 1250-1500 | Coursework 20% of A Level Two pieces of work, each on a different literary text |
What Career Options Do I Have?
- Teacher
- Lecturer
- Screenwriter
- Writer
- Publishing
- Journalism and media
- Advertising and PR