Non-exam assessment Theory and independence

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What this unit covers

• AQA Critical anthology approaches: Apply ideas from the narrative theory section to a chosen literary text.
• AQA Critical anthology approaches: Use narrative concepts to develop a critical interpretation rather than a descriptive account.
• AQA Critical anthology approaches: Use feminist concepts to develop a critical interpretation grounded in textual evidence.
• AQA Critical anthology approaches: Apply ideas from the feminist theory section to a chosen literary text.
• AQA Critical anthology approaches: Apply ideas from the Marxist theory section to a chosen literary text.
• AQA Critical anthology approaches: Use Marxist concepts to develop a critical interpretation grounded in textual evidence.
• AQA Critical anthology approaches: Use eco-critical concepts to develop a critical interpretation grounded in textual evidence.
• AQA Critical anthology approaches: Apply ideas from the eco-critical theory section to a chosen literary text.
• AQA Critical anthology approaches: Apply ideas from the post-colonial theory section to a chosen literary text.
• AQA Critical anthology approaches: Use post-colonial concepts to develop a critical interpretation grounded in textual evidence.
• AQA Critical anthology approaches: Evaluate how judgements of literary value shape reading and interpretation.
• AQA Critical anthology approaches: Apply ideas about literary value and the canon to a chosen literary text.
• Independent literary responses: Select one poetry text and one prose text for independent study.
• Independent literary responses: Exclude texts from all A-Level examination set-text lists.
• Independent literary responses: Construct a conventional essay of 1250 to 1500 words on one selected text.
• Independent literary responses: Use a Critical anthology section to inform, not replace, independent textual analysis.
• Independent literary responses: Make purposeful choices about narrative voice, genre and perspective.
• Independent literary responses: Use a re-creative response to offer a critical reading of the base text.
• Independent literary responses: Explain the significant choices made in the re-creative piece.
• Independent literary responses: Show how the re-creative decisions produce a critical reading.
• Independent literary responses: Consider different interpretations of at least one text over time in the conventional response.
• Independent literary responses: Connect changing interpretations to relevant contexts of reception.