Tantervek GCSE English Literature

GCSE English Literature

3 Subject content

3.1 Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel

3.1.2 The 19th-century novel

3.2 Modern texts and poetry

AO1 Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response, using textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.

AO2 Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.

AO3 Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.

AO4 Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.

3.1.2 The 19th-century novel