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GCE English Literature A for exams from June 20<strong>14</strong> onwards (version 1.4)Band 336- 54Band 455 – 70A01 A02 A03 A04Articulate creative,informed andrelevant responsesto literary texts,using appropriateterminology andconcepts, andcoherent, accuratewritten expressionCandidatescharacteristically:a. communicaterelevant knowledgeand understandingof literary textsb. present relevantresponses usingappropriateterminology andexamples tosupport informedinterpretationsc. structure andorganise theirincreasinglycoherent writingd. communicatecontent andmeaning throughexpressive andaccurate writing.Candidatescharacteristically:a. communicatedetailed knowledgeand understandingof literary textsb. create and sustainwell organisedand coherentarguments, usingappropriateterminology tosupport informedinterpretationsc. structure andorganise theirwriting using anappropriate criticalregisterd. communicatecontent andmeaning throughsophisticated,cogent andcoherent writing.Demonstrate detailedcritical understandingin analysing the waysin which structure,form and languageshape meanings inliterary textsCandidatescharacteristically:a. identify relevantaspects of form,structure andlanguage in literarytextsb. explore howwriters use specificaspects to shapemeaningc. refer to relevanttexts and sourcesto support theirresponses.Candidatescharacteristically:a. identify significantaspects ofstructure, form andlanguage in literarytextsb. confidently explorethrough detailedand sophisticatedcritical analysis howwriters use theseaspects to createmeaningc. make detailedreference to textsand sources tosupport theirresponses.Explore connectionsand comparisonsbetween differentliterary texts, informedby interpretations ofother readersCandidatescharacteristically:a. explore linksand connectionsbetween literarytexts in asystematic wayb. show clearunderstandingof viewsexpressed in otherinterpretations orreadings.Candidatescharacteristically:a. analyse andevaluateconnectionsor points ofcomparisonbetween literarytextsb. engage sensitivelyand with mature,informedunderstanding todifferent readingsand interpretations.Demonstrateunderstanding ofthe significanceand influence of thecontexts in whichliterary texts arewritten and receivedCandidatescharacteristically:a. communicateunderstandingof relationshipsbetween specificliterary texts andcontextsb. evaluate theinfluence of culture,text type, literarygenre or historicalperiod on the waysin which literarytexts were writtenand were – and are– received.Candidatescharacteristically:a. explore andanalyse thesignificance ofthe relationshipsbetweenspecific literarytexts and theircontexts, makingsophisticatedcomparisonsb. evaluate theinfluence of culture,text type, literarygenre or historicalperiod on the waysin which literarytexts were writtenand were – and are- received.315
GCE English Literature A for exams from June 20<strong>14</strong> onwards (version 1.4)3.5 Wider ReadingTEXTS FOR WIDER READING IN UNIT ONEThere follow suggestions for finding material to support the chosen option for Unit 1. The lists have beencompiled to include reading across genre, texts in translation and non-fiction texts.Candidates are required to choose at least three texts covering all three genres.(Set texts listed in Section 3 which have not been selected for study may be chosen as widerreading)Option A(* denotes post-1990)Victorian Literature3PROSE FICTIONPeter AckroydBeryl BainbridgeArnold BennettAndrew DrummondElizabeth GaskellG. & W. GrossmithMichael RedhillHerman MelvilleWilliam MorrisRobert Louis StevensonAny of the ten named prose texts for Unit 2, or any other novel byDickens, Eliot, Hardy or the Brontës.The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)Master Georgie * (1998)Anna of the Five Towns (1902)An Abridged History * (2004)Mary Barton (1848)The Diary of a Nobody (1892)Consolation * (2006)Redburn (1849)News from Nowhere (1891)The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)PROSE NON-FICTIONVictorian non-fictionMatthew ArnoldThomas CarlyleJohn ClareElizabeth GaskellEdmund GosseMarx and EngelsJohn RuskinThe BrontësHenry ThoreauOscar WildeCulture and Anarchy (1869)Selected Writings (Penguin)Selected Letters (OUP)The Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857)Father and Son (1907)The Communist Manifesto (1848)Selected Writings (Penguin)A Life in Letters (ed. Barker)Walden (1854)De Profundis (1905)Modern non-fictionPeter AckroydJuliet BarkerJonathan BateQuentin BellWinston ChurchillDickens * (1990)The Brontës * (1994)John Clare * (2003)A New and Noble School (1982)My Early Life (1930)16
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