Flashcards · A Level English Literature · Topic 3

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What do you submit for the 7717 non-exam assessment?: Two essays of 1,250–1,500 words on two different texts, one poetry and one prose, each linked to a different section of the AQA Critical anthology. It is 20% of the A-level.
What are the sections of the AQA Critical anthology?: Narrative theory, feminist theory, Marxist theory, eco-critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary value and the canon.
What is a re-creative response?: One essay may rewrite or extend part of a text (a new voice, a missing scene) to offer a critical reading of it, with a commentary linking the choices to the text and the anthology lens.
Which texts may not be used for the NEA?: Any text on the A-level exam set-text lists, even if your centre does not study it for the exam.
Feminist and Marxist readings: what does each foreground?: Feminist: gender, power and voice. Marxist: class, economics and social structure.
What do eco-critical and post-colonial readings foreground?: Eco-critical: nature, the environment and the non-human. Post-colonial: empire, race and cultural power.