Whats on the English Literature GCSE AQA Syllabus

What's on the English Literature GCSE AQA Syllabus The most popular exam board for the new English Literature GCSE 9-1 is AQA. So, we have put together a helpful syllabus guide for the new English Literature GCSE. This can be used as a handy check list during revision.  ? Paper One: Section A: Shakespeare Students need to know, in detail, one out of six of these set texts: Macbeth Romeo and Juliet Tempest Merchant of Venice Much Ado About Nothing Julius Caesar Paper One: Section B Students need to know, in detail, one out of seven of these set texts. 19th Century Novels Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde A Christmas Carol- Charles Dickens Great Expectations- Charles Dickens Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte Frankenstein- Mary Shelley Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Sign of Four- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Paper Two This paper is sat on a different day and has a different focus. Paper Two: Section A Students will be examined on one set text from the selection below. They will need to know the whole text. Modern Text Drama An Inspector Calls- J.B. Priestley Blood Brothers- Willy Russell History Boys- Alan Bennett DNA- Dennis Kelly Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time (play) Modern Text Prose Lord of the Flies- William Golding Animal Farm- George Orwell Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishigaro Anita and Me-Meera Syal Pigeon English- Stephen Kelman Paper 2: Section B: Poetry Students will have studied one cluster of poems, either,  Love and relationships, or Power and Conflict. They need to know, in detail all 15 poems in this cluster.   Love and relationships Lord Byron, 'When We Two Parted' Percy Bysshe Shelley, 'Love’s Philosophy' Robert Browning, 'Porphyria’s Lover' Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 'Sonnet 29' â€" ‘I think of thee!’ Thomas Hardy, 'Neutral Tones' Maura Dooley, 'Letters From Yorkshire' Charlotte Mew, 'The Farmer’s Bride' Cecil Day Lewis, 'Walking Away' Charles Causley, 'Eden Rock' Seamus Heaney, 'Follower' Simon Armitage, 'Mother, any distance' Carol Ann Duffy, 'Before You Were Mine' Owen Sheers, 'Winter Swans' Daljit Nagra, 'Singh Song! Andrew Waterhouse, 'Climbing My Grandfather Power and Conflict Percy Bysshe Shelley, 'Ozymandias' William Blake, 'London' (poems) William Wordsworth, Extract from 'The Prelude' Robert Browning, 'My Last Duchess' Extra Tutorfair Resource: GCSE Analysis of Robert Browning, 'My Last Duchess'   Alfred Lord Tennyson, 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' Wilfred Owen, 'Exposure’ Seamus Heaney, 'Storm on the Island' Ted Hughes, 'Bayonet Charge' Simon Armitage, 'Remains' Jane Weir, 'Poppies' 4,400' Carol Ann Duffy, 'War Photographer' Imtiaz Dharker, 'Tissue' Carol Rumens, 'The Émigree' John Agard, 'Checking Out Me History' Beatrice Garland, 'Kamikaze' Paper Two : Section C Unseen Poetry We recommend preparing for this final section by examining a varied selection of poems and closely analysing each text. Remember to look out for key themes in each poem, structure and use of language. For further support with the English Literature GCSE  you can search the  Tutorfair website, enter your postcode, and Tutorfair will show you GCSE English GCSE tutors in your area, with the top rated tutors!