Coursework overview and introduction

2. A Level literature – at a glance… A2 Examinations Unit 3 – LITA3 Mrs Bernard Reading for Meaning 30% of A Level 2 hour 30 minutes written examination (closed book) 80 marks Two questions involving unprepared extracts and wider reading on the unit theme of Love Through the Ages. Available January and June Unit 4 – LITA4 Mrs Johnson Extended Essay and Shakespeare Study 20% of A Level Coursework 70 marks Extended comparative essay of 3000 words. Available January and June

3. The Handmaid’s Tale … Margaret Atwood “ I ought to feel hatred for this man. I know I ought to feel it, but it isn't what I do feel. What I feel is more complicated than that. I don't know what to call it. It isn't love.”

4. Othello … Shakespeare “ I will wear my heart upon my sleeve / For daws to peck at.” Othello. ACT I Scene 1.

5. 3 rd text … Your choice Prose: Henry VIII's love letters to Anne Boleyn John Keat's letter to Fanny Brawne Middlemarch by George Eliot Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Testament of Youth - Vera Brittain The Collector by John Fowles Atonement by Ian McEwan French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles Drama: Anthony and Cleopatra The Way of the World by William Congreve Tis A Pity She's a Whore by John Ford A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde Look Back in Anger by John Osborne Bent by Martin Sherman French Lieutenant's Woman by Harold Pinter Poetry: Sonnet 130 by Shakespeare She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron Keats: Bright Star, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, Eve of St Agnes Donne: The Relic, To His Mistress Going To Bed Carol Anne Duffy: Warming Her Pearls, First Love, Mrs Quasimodo One Flesh by Elizabeth Jennings

7. Primary and secondary quote advice… Primary quotes: http://www.shmoop.com/handmaids-tale/love-quotes.html http://www.shmoop.com/othello/quotes.html Referencing secondary quotes: Harvard Referencing Format: Author - Surname, Initials. (ed.) or (eds.)-in brackets for editor(s). (Year of publication - in brackets). Book Title - in italics or underlined . Series title and volume - if available. Edition - if not the first. Place of Publication: Publisher. For further referencing support and guidance see the following website: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/uniservices/infoservices/library/find/references/harvard/index.php