Exam Information - English Literature

ENGLISH LITERATURE

AQA Specification A 3712

Aims

The syllabus aims to foster a love of literature and a high level of competence in the language, as well as analytical and interpretative skills, which will stand students in good stead for many areas of further study and in their chosen careers.

Students follow the AQA syllabus 3712, which complements the English syllabus 3702.  Much of the work can be shared across the subjects.  Students will be following Scheme A, which gives greater emphasis in the examination to post-1914 texts.

 Methods of assessment

 * indicates a 'cross-over' piece i.e. can be used to meet the coursework requirements of both GCSE English Literature Spec A and English Spec A

 The coursework is marked by the class teacher and moderated by the examination board.

Students will be given copies of the above texts, as well as the AQA Anthology

Visits

Theatre trips will support the study of dramatic texts.  For example, Years 10 and 11 should visit The Globe Theatre on London's South Bank, which is a replica of a theatre where Shakespeare's plays would have been performed originally.  Other recent theatre visits have included Journey's End and The Woman in Black.

 A visit to France and the scenes of the World War 1 battlefields will also be included in the programme.  This will help boys to visualise the conditions that led to the prolific poetry of these years, studied in the works of Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg and others.