AS/A2 ENGLISH LITERATURE: COURSE OUTLINE, 2004.

The following table exhibits the range of texts available for study for the AQA (Specification A) English Literature AS and A2 courses. You will be taught by two teachers who will choose a selection of texts between them to ensure that you meet the requirements of the syllabus and encounter a wide range of literature. Choices may vary between teaching groups to enable you to benefit from the expertise and interests of individual teachers.

MODULE	SET TEXTS
AS 1: The Modern Novel Closed text examination: 1 hour 30% of AS marks / 15% of A level marks AOs tested: 1, 2i, 3, 4 (first part).	· The Bell: Iris Murdoch · The Handmaid’s Tale: Margaret Atwood · Wise Children: Angela Carter · Snow Falling on Cedars: David Guterson · Enduring Love: Ian McEwan
AS 2: Shakespeare Coursework (one essay: approx. 2000 words) 30% of AS marks / 15% of A level marks AOs tested: 1, 2i, 3, 4 (first part)	One Shakespeare play will be studied (any one except those listed in A2 4).
AS 3: Texts in Context Open text examination: 2 hours 40% of AS marks / 20% of A level marks AOs tested: 1, 2i, 3, 4, 5i, with special emphasis on AOs 4 and 5i. (AO4 is specifically tested in all the questions on 20^th. century texts; AO5i is specifically tested in all the questions on pre-20^th. century texts).	Two texts from the following lists must be studied. One must be drama and the other poetry; one of these two must have been written before 1900 (the asterisked titles). SECTION A: DRAMA. · *Doctor Faustus: Christopher Marlowe · *‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore: John Ford · *The Country Wife: William Wycherley · The Glass Menagerie: Tennessee Williams · Light Shining In Buckinghamshire: Caryl Churchill · Making History: Brian Friel SECTION B: POETRY. · *The Miller’s Prologue and Tale: Geoffrey Chaucer · *Three Victorian Poets: ed. Ogborn · *A Choice of Christina Rossetti’s Verse: ed. Jennings · The Whitsun Weddings: Philip Larkin · Safe As Houses: U. A. Fanthorpe · The World’s Wife: Carol Ann Duffy

Year 13

A2 4: Texts in Time Closed text examination: 2 hours 15% of A level marks AOs tested: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5ii. SECTION A tests AOs 1, 2, and 3 fairly equally but AO4 dominates and is only tested in this question. SECTION B tests AOs 1, 2, and 3 fairly equally but AO5 dominates and is only tested in this question	Two texts from the following list must be studied: one from each section. SECTION A. · Othello: William Shakespeare · Henry IV Part Two: William Shakespeare · The Merchant of Venice: William Shakespeare · Noah and his Sons, The Second Shepherd’s Play and Herod the Great from The Complete Plays of the Wakefield Master · The Duchess of Malfi: John Webster · Volpone: Ben Jonson SECTION B. · Women Romantic Poets 1785-1832, An Anthology: ed. Breen · The Prelude (1801) Books 1 and 2: William Wordsworth · Songs of Innocence and of Experience: William Blake · Selected Poems: John Keats (ed. Barnard)
A2 5: Literary Connections Coursework (one essay: approx. 2500 words) 15% of A level marks AOs tested: 1, 3, 4 fairly equally but AO2ii dominates	A minimum of two comparative texts to be studied for coursework. One text must be prose, both must have originally been written in English and both must be suitable for A level study. Neither text can have been prescribed for study on any other unit in AS or A2.
A2 6: Reading for Meaning Unseen texts; examination: 3 hours 20% of A level marks AOs tested: 1, 2ii, 3, 4, and 5ii fairly equally.	A range of texts will be studied on the theme: War in Literature, with specific reference to The First World War. Preparation for this synoptic unit will be through a course of reading, which will include pre-20^th. and 20^th. century prose, poetry, drama and non-fiction texts.