AQA A Level English Literature

Syllabus 7712 / 7717 · English Literature B, for first teaching 2025 (AS 7716; code matches this site's overview record) · sourced from AQA — official specification pages at aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/a-level/english-7717/specification, verified 2026-08-19.

1. 1. Literary genres

   • 3.1.1 Aspects of tragedy
   • 3.1.2 Aspects of comedy

2. 2. Texts and genres

   • 3.2.1 Elements of crime writing
   • 3.2.2 Elements of political and social protest writing

3. 3. Theory and independence

   • 3.3.1 Text selection