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AQA English Literature B

AQA English Literature B. LITB3. Unit 3: Texts and Genres 30% of total A level Written Paper, 2 hours. Closed book. 80 marks Min. of 3 texts to study. Elements of Pastoral. 2 sections in the exam – answer one question for each. Exam: June 2010. LITB4.

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AQA English Literature B

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  1. AQA English Literature B

  2. LITB3 • Unit 3: Texts and Genres • 30% of total A level • Written Paper, 2 hours. Closed book. 80 marks • Min. of 3 texts to study. • Elements of Pastoral. • 2 sections in the exam – answer one question for each. • Exam: June 2010

  3. LITB4 • Unit 4: Further and Independent Reading • 20% of total A level • Coursework. 60 marks • Min. of 3 texts to study includes 1 pre-released anthology of critical material. • A portfolio of two pieces of written coursework. • A comparative study of an aspect of two texts. (1500 – 2000 words) • An application of an aspect of pre-released critical anthology to a literary text (1200 – 1500 words) • Deadline: June 2010

  4. Weighting of Assessment Objectives for A Level

  5. A2 performance descriptions for English Literature B • AO1 A/B boundary performance descriptions. • Candidates characteristically: • Communicate extensive knowledge and understanding of literary texts. • Create and sustain well organised and coherent arguments, using appropriate terminology to support informed interpretations. • Structure and organise their writing using an appropriate critical register. • Communicate content and meaning through expressive and accurate writing.

  6. A2 performance descriptions for English Literature B • AO2 A/B boundary performance descriptions. • Candidates characteristically: • Identify significant aspects of structure, form and language in literary texts. • Explore, through detailed critical analysis, how writers use these aspects to create meaning. • Consistently make reference to specific texts and sources to support their responses.

  7. A2 performance descriptions for English Literature B • AO3 A/B boundary performance descriptions. • Candidates characteristically: • Analyse and evaluate connections or points of comparison between literary texts. • Engage sensitively and with different readings and interpretations demonstrating clear understanding.

  8. A2 performance descriptions for English Literature B • AO4 A/B boundary performance descriptions. • Candidates characteristically: • Explore and comment on the significance of the relationships between specific literary texts and their contexts. • Evaluate the influence of culture, text type, literary genre or historical period on the ways in which literary texts were written and were – and are – received.

  9. Question stems • “Discuss the view…” • “Explore the ways in which…” • “Consider the view that…” • “To what extent…” • “How far do you agree that…”

  10. Example questions (section A) • Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain • Childhood has been depicted by some pastoral writers as a lost Golden Age and a time of closeness to nature. • Does Huckleberry Finn show Twain to be one of those writers?

  11. Example Questions (section A) • Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh • Waugh said that the novel was written ‘in a bleak period’ and was consequently filled ‘with a kind of gluttony… for the splendours of the recent past.’ • How does Waugh use the idea of a Golden Age?

  12. Example Questions (section B) • Discuss the uses made of urban and rural oppositions in texts you have studied. • To what extent is a pastoral treatment of the past inevitably prettified and nostalgic? • Compare depictions of rural life in at least two texts of your choice.

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