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A-Level English Literature A (AQA 7712), against the DfE/Ofqual subject content.
Overview
A-Level English Literature A (AQA 7712), against the DfE/Ofqual subject content.
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A close study of one set Shakespeare play, examining how representations of love are shaped across different dramatic genres and through dramatic method.
Critical response to previously unstudied poems, applying close-reading and interpretive skills to representations of love without prior preparation.
An open-book comparison of one poetry text and one prose text on the theme of love, at least one of which was written before 1900.
A diachronic exploration of how love is represented by different writers and in different forms from the past to the present, including study of an anthology of love poetry.
A period-focused study of literature responding to the First World War and its impact on combatants, non-combatants and later generations.
A period-focused study of post-1945 literature engaging with identity, shifting morality, social structures and issues of gender, class, race and ethnicity.
Study of prescribed prose, poetry and drama texts within the chosen historical period, building a shared interpretive framework for the era.
Analysis of an unfamiliar prose extract, locating its meaning and method within the cultural and historical context of the chosen option.
Synchronic comparison of texts from the same period, drawing connections in theme, method and contextual significance.
A teacher-assessed comparative essay on two independently chosen texts (at least one pre-1900), compared either across or within periods.
Understanding how the historical, social, cultural and biographical circumstances of writing and reading shape a text's meanings over time.
Analysis of how writers' choices of genre, structure, form and language create meaning across poetry, prose and drama.
Exploring links, similarities and differences between texts to develop informed comparative interpretations.
Engagement with the ways texts have been received and interpreted by different readers and critics, and how meanings are debated and contested.
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AS-Level
Advanced Subsidiary — the first year of A-Level study (standalone or first half of the full A-Level).
A-Level (A2)
The full Advanced Level — AS content plus the second-year A2 content.
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