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OxfordAQA A Level English Literature

Syllabus 9675 · Version 5.3, for International AS exams from May/June 2018, A-level from May/June 2019 · sourced from OxfordAQA — official International AS and A-level English Literature (9675) specification PDF, verified 2026-09-16.

  1. 1. Unit 1 – Aspects of Dramatic Tragedy (AS)

    • Section A: Elizabethan and Jacobean Tragedy (passage-based) — choice of Othello, King Lear, Hamlet, Doctor Faustus (B text), The Duchess of Malfi
    • Section B: Later Dramatic Tragedies (essay) — choice of Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Hedda Gabler, Waiting for Godot, Translations

  2. 2. Unit 2 – Place in Literary Texts (AS)

    • Section A: Prose — choice of Heart of Darkness, The Great Gatsby, Americanah, Small Island, Last Man in Tower, Remains of the Day
    • Section B: Poetry — choice of Wordsworth, Robert Frost, Thomas Hardy or Seamus Heaney selections

  3. 3. Unit 3 – Elements of Crime and Mystery (A)

    Subtopics for this topic are not listed here yet; check the official document for the full content.

  4. 4. Unit 4 – Literary Representations (A)

    Subtopics for this topic are not listed here yet; check the official document for the full content.