Advanced Higher

Course Structure

Two internally assessed Units –

• Analysis and Evaluation, comprising literary study and a literary research project (leading to the Dissertation);

• Creation and Production, comprising production of written texts (leading to the Writing portfolio).

Four externally assessed Course Components:

• Dissertation – a Literary Specialist Study (3,500 words) on texts of the student’s own choice;

• Writing Portfolio – consisting of two pieces of writing of any two differing genres;

• Literary Study Exam – 11⁄2 hour exam to write a comparative essay on studied literary texts from the genres of

either poetry, drama, prose fiction or prose non-fiction;

• Textual Analysis Exam – 11⁄2 hour exam to undertake a critical analysis of an unseen text from the genres of poetry,

drama, prose fiction or prose non-fiction.

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