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GCE English Literature B (2745)
AS and A Level
Introducing AQA's new course specification for English Literature B for AS and A Level. This new redrafted specification has been designed to:
• be accessible to the full ability range within AS/A2
• be progressive, continuing from previous specifications, allied to exciting new ways of looking at texts
• offer greater flexibility in the selection, teaching and assessment of texts to suit the various traditions of literature in English.
Assessment Objectives
AO1 - Articulate creative, informed and relevant responses to literary texts, using appropriate terminology and concepts, and coherent, accurate written expression
AO2 - Demonstrate detailed critical understanding in analysing the ways in which structure, form and language shape meanings in literary texts
AO3 - Explore connections and comparisons between different literary texts, informed by interpretations of other readers
AO4 - Demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which literary texts are written and received.
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. (As attached below)
A2 outline
At A2, Unit 3 teaches candidates to develop ideas on the significance of genre. Texts will be grouped within the categories: Elements of the Gothic and Elements of the Pastoral. In Unit 4, candidates will study a wide range of texts, the different ways of reading texts and critical ideas applied with discrimination to literary texts.
The A2 specification has 2 units. (As attached below)
