Love Through The Ages Outline of Course

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LOVE

LOVE THROUGH
THROUGH THE
THE AGES
AGES
Click on the Paper Clip for a specimen exam paper and mark scheme

Written  2 hours and 30 
Unit 3: Reading for Meaning ­  Exam: mins Closed book
Topic list
Students should read at least the equivalent of 
three texts on the theme of 'Love through the  Weighting: 60% of total 
Ages', including: A2 / 30% of 
• reading in the literature of love  total A Level 
including the three genres of prose, poetry and  marks
drama
• literature written by both men and 
women The paper will comprise four unseen extracts for 
• literature through time (from Chaucer  close study, comparison and critical commentary. 
Two compulsory questions:
to the present day).
• one comparing two extracts of the same 
• some non­fiction texts.
genre, with close reading of the texts and reference 
to the wider reading of love poetry
• one comparing two extracts (of the 
remaining two genres), using wider reading of love 
through literature to inform interpretations.

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LOVE
LOVE THROUGH
THROUGH THE
THE AGES
AGES

Unit 4: Extended Essay and Shakespeare Study

Weighting: 40% of total A2 / 
20% of total A 
Level marks

One piece of work: an extended essay (3,000 
words) comparing three texts and focused on:
• comparison
• appreciation of the writer's choices of 
form, structure and language
• exploring interpretations of text
• some understanding of the significance 
of context

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