1. English Literature As you may already know, the government have made changes to the way A Levels are taught and assessed. If you choose English Literature in year 12, you are intending to do this until the end of year 13 as a whole A Level. You will sit the AS exam in year 12 but this will act as a mock exam for year 13. If you have any questions about this please speak to Mrs Betty or Miss Stocker for more information.

2. AS: Specification at a glance Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Component 1 A/B Drama texts Literary Genres: Aspects of Tragedy Texts selected are ‘Othello’ by William Shakespeare and ‘Death of a Salesman’ by Arthur Miller Written Paper 50%2 tasks 50 marks - 25 marks per task 1 hour 30 minutes Closed book Component 2 A/B Poetry/ Prose texts Literary Genres: Aspects of Tragedy Texts selected are ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ by Thomas Hardy and the AQA Poetry Collection Written Paper 50%2 tasks 50 marks – 25 marks per task 1 hour 30 minutes Clean open book Slide 6

3. A-level: Specification at a glance Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Component 1: Literary Genres: Aspects of Tragedy Texts selected are ‘Othello’ by William Shakespeare and ‘Death of a Salesman’ by Arthur Miller Written Paper 40%3 tasks 75 marks - 25 marks per task 2.5 hours Closed book Component 2: Texts and Genres: Elements of Crime or Political and Social Protest Writing Texts to be selected later in the academic year Written Paper 40%3 tasks 75 marks – 25 marks per task 3 hours Clean open book Component 3: Theory and Independence NEA 20%2 tasks, each 1250-1500 words 50 marks Moderated by AQA Slide 5

4. Recommended work: Read a variety of Shakespeare plays- make notes on themes/ language/ contextual info Read a variety of texts from the genre of tragedy. Suggestions ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, ‘The Great Gatsby’, ‘The Remains of the Day’, Keats Poetry amongst others Read widely through the literary canon. Suggested reading list here http://studentblogs.warwick.ac.uk/english/entry/10_pairs_of/ http://studentblogs.warwick.ac.uk/english/entry/10_pairs_of/ Read ‘The Student Guide to Tragedy’. You can get one of these from an English teacher