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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• 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
Weighting of Assessment Objectives for A Level
Assessment Objectives
Unit Weightings (%)
Unit 3 Unit 4
AO1 7.5 5
AO2 7.5 5
AO3 7.5 5
AO4 7.5 5
Overall weightings of units %
30 20
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.
• 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.
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.
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.
A2 performance descriptions for English Literature B
Question stems
• “Discuss the view…”
• “Explore the ways in which…”
• “Consider the view that…”
• “To what extent…”
• “How far do you agree that…”
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?
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?
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.