A Level

Post 16 English Literature is offered at AS and A2 Level. The awarding body for the examinations is CCEA.

AS Level:

Unit AS 1: The Study of Poetry 1900-Present and Drama 1900-Present

AS1 External Exam (2 hrs - 60% of AS and 24% of A2):

Section A - Frost and Heaney (open book)

Section B Tennessee Williams, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ (closed book)

Unit AS 2: The Study of Prose Pre 1900

AS2 External Exam (1 hr - 40% of AS 16% A2):

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (closed book)

A2 Level:

A21 - Shakespearean Genres - Othello (1 hour 30 minutes exam) closed book (20%)

A22 - The Study of Poetry Pre 1900 and Unseen Poetry - (2hr exam) Students answer two questions, one from Section A and the question set in Section B. Closed book (20%)

A23 - Internal Assessment - 2500 word essay on The Outsider Genre (20%)