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Teaching from Autumn 2004, examination from Summer 2006.
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CCEA’s GCSE English Literature specification offers the opportunity to study a range of prose, poetry and drama texts chosen from different literary and historical contexts. The course provides a basis for progression to the Advanced Subsidiary and to the full GCE.
The specification is compatible with CCEA’s GCSE English Specification. Work submitted for Assignments A and B may also be submitted for assessment in English.
Externally Assessed Component
Paper 1
Section A: The Study of Drama published after 1914
Section B: The Study of Prose after 1914
Section C: The Study of Poetry published before 1914
Internally Assessed Component
Assignment A: Response to Poetry Published after 1914
Assignment B: Response to a Shakespeare Play
Assignment C: Response to Prose Published before 1914