English Literature
Your Guide to AS and A-level English Literature at Astor College
This website has been designed to help all students that are studying Literature at an advanced level at Astor College.
Frankenstein
Browning Poetry
AS English Literature Exam
Although we will be reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein throughout Year 12 it also vital that you read at least one other Gothic text. The list below offers the best selection of secondary texts.
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Dracula by Bram Stoker
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The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
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The Monk by Matthew Lewis
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The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
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Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
Please note that there are thousands of Gothic texts available. If you are unable to find any please speak to Mr Silk.
Throughout Year 12 we will study each of these poems as any of them could be slected for the examination.
Love in a Life...Life in a Love
Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister
Up At A Villa, Down In The City
Women and Roses Top of Form
At AS Level you will sit just one exam. This will last for two hours and cover both Frankenstein and any of Robert Browning's poetry.
The layout of the exam is very simple. You will have one hour to respond to a question about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. You will then have one hour to answer a question about Robert Browning's poetry. You are not allowed a copy of Frankenstein in the exam but you are supplied with a blank copy of the poem.
