New GCEs for 2008
GCE English Literature B (2745)
AS outline
At AS, Unit 1 will introduce candidates to the central position of narrative in the ways in which literary texts work, involving many different aspects of literary representation. Unit 2 will introduce candidates to aspects of genre.
For the first three years of this specification the dramatic genre to be studied will be tragedy.
The AS specification has 2 units:
Unit 1: Aspects of Narrative
Topic list
- Four texts must be studied, two from Section A and two from Section B
- Section A – at least one text written post-1990 must be studied
- Prose pre-1990: Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, James Joyce, F Scott Fitzgerald
- Prose post-1990: Arundhati Roy, Ann Tyler, Khaled Hosseini, Andrea Levy, Ian McEwan, Sebastien Faulks, Mark Haddon
- Section B – Poetry 1800-1945: Tennyson, Browning, Coleridge, Keats, Auden, Hardy and Rossetti.
Assessment
| Written Exam: | 2 hours Open book |
| Weighting: | 60% of total AS / 30% of total A Level marks |
4 texts for study: 2 x novel post 1990 and 2 x poetry 1800-1945.
2 questions to be answered, one question from Section A and one question from Section B.
Section A will involve close analysis of narrative method in one text. One question per text.
Section B will involve comparing an aspect of narrative across three texts. Choice of two questions.
Unit 2: Dramatic Genres
Topic list
- at least two plays within the dramatic genre of tragedy. At least one of the plays must be by Shakespeare
- Ongoing advice for this coursework unit on suitable texts and tasks will be given through Principal Moderator's reports, standardising materials, standardising meetings and contact with the centre's coursework adviser.
Assessment
Coursework
| Weighting: | 40% of total AS / 20% of total A Level marks |
Minimum two texts for study within dramatic genre of Tragedy (for study from 2009-2012).
A portfolio of two pieces of written coursework. (One may be re-creative):
- first piece on an aspect of dramatic/tragic genre with regard to a Shakespeare play. 1200 - 1500 words
- Second piece on an aspect of dramatic/tragic genre with regard to another play. 1200 - 1500 words.
Tasks set internally.
Key documents
