0475 · Version 1, for exams in 2028, 2029 and 2030
Cambridge IGCSE Literature in English
Cambridge International
Mapped from the board's own specification and signed off on 23 August 2026 by Lee Woods. June and November, with a March series in India for 0475 only. Graded A* to G.
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Component
Topic16 in Paper 1: Poetry and Prose, open text
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This topicSongs of Ourselves, Volume 1£12.99
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The full curriculumEvery topic in 0475, 4 packages, Paper 2: Drama and Unseen, open text routeSave 30%£36.37
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Structure
Component
Time
Marks
Weighting
Assessed
Paper 1: Poetry and Prose, open textCandidates may take annotated set texts into the exam room; sticky notes and loose paper are not allowed
1h 30
50
50%
Externally assessed
Paper 2: Drama and Unseen, open text
2h 00
50
50%
Externally assessed
Component 3: Coursework
coursework
50
50%
Internally assessed and externally moderated
100 raw marks, no scaling: every component is exactly proportional to its weighting. Alternative routes are shown indented; a candidate takes one of them, not both.
Assessment objectives
Objective
Paper 1
Paper 2 or Component 3
Overall
AO1 KnowledgeShow detailed knowledge of the content of literary texts in drama, poetry and prose, supported by reference to the text
12.5
12.5
25
AO2 UnderstandingUnderstand the meanings of literary texts and their contexts, reading beyond surface meaning for ideas and attitudes
12.5
12.5
25
AO3 AnalysisAnalyse the ways writers use language, structure and form to create meanings and achieve effects
12.5
12.5
25
AO4 Personal responseCommunicate a sensitive and informed personal response to literary texts
12.5
12.5
25
Component by component
Paper 1: Poetry and Prose, open text
1h 30 · 50 marks · 50 per cent · Externally assessed · Candidates may take annotated set texts into the exam room; sticky notes and loose paper are not allowed
Section A: Poetry25 marks
One question on the chosen poetry set text, with the named poems printed in the question paper
one from two on the chosen set textassesses AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4
Songs of Ourselves, Volume 1Various, Cambridge anthology2028
Songs of Ourselves, Volume 3Various, Cambridge anthology2028, 2029, 2030
Songs of Ourselves, Volume 2, Part 2Various, Cambridge anthology2029, 2030
Kumukanda, 15 prescribed poemsKayo Chingonyi2028
A Handsel, 15 prescribed poemsLiz Lochhead2029, 2030
Section B: Prose25 marks
One essay question on the chosen prose set text, requiring knowledge of the whole text
one from two essay questions on the chosen set textassesses AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4
What It Means When a Man Falls from the SkyLesley Nneka Arimah2028, 2029
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen2028public domain
When We Were BirdsAyanna Lloyd Banwo2028, 2029, 2030
Paper 2 or Component 3: the candidate's second component
50 marks · 50 per cent
Every candidate takes Paper 1 and then one of Paper 2 or Component 3 Coursework
Paper 2: Drama and Unseen, open text2h 00 · 50 marks · Externally assessed
Section A: Drama25 marks
One question on the chosen drama set text, with relevant passages printed in the question paper
one from two on the chosen set text one passage based one essayassesses AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4
Blues for an Alabama SkyPearl Cleage2028
Princess & The HustlerChinonyerem Odimba2028, 2029
An Inspector CallsJ B Priestley2028, 2029, 2030
The TempestWilliam Shakespeare2028, 2029, 2030public domain
The Importance of Being EarnestOscar Wilde2028, 2029, 2030public domain
FencesAugust Wilson2029, 2030
Anna in the TropicsNilo Cruz2030
Section B: Unseen25 marks
A critical commentary on an unseen extract, either a poem or literary prose, printed in the paper
one from two one poem and one prose extractassesses AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4
No set texts. The two options are the two forms the unseen extract takes, a poem or literary prose
Component 3: Coursework50 marks · Internally assessed and externally moderated
Essay 1: Comparing texts30 marks
About 1500 words comparing two complete texts, one of which must be drama, neither studied for Paper 1
all compulsoryassesses AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4
Centre chosen texts, not a board list, so a single commissionable unit rather than an option tree
Essay 2: Comparing poems20 marks
About 1000 words comparing two poems, which may be poems studied for Paper 1
all compulsoryassesses AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4
Centre chosen poems, which may be the Paper 1 set text poems. A single commissionable unit
Prescribed poems and stories
songs of ourselves vol 115
Sonnet 18 (Shakespeare)
Song: Love Armed (Behn)
A Married State (Philips)
The Chimney-Sweeper (Blake)
from An Essay on Man (Pope)
Carpet-weavers, Morocco (Rumens)
Before the Sun (Mungoshi)
Storyteller (Lochhead)
Lament (Clarke)
Report to Wordsworth (Boey)
A Different History (Bhatt)
Hunting Snake (Wright)
The Cockroach (Halligan)
Where I Come From (Brewster)
Follower (Heaney)
songs of ourselves vol 315
Insects (Clare)
Oblivion (Komey)
Fox (Oswald)
Deep in the Hills (Dallas)
My Aunts Don't Want to Move (Alvi)
Ruin (Polley)
from The Prelude (Wordsworth)
Bouncing Boy (Dunmore)
Lightness (Gray)
Sonnet 106 (Shakespeare)
To the Ladies (Chudleigh)
Ode to a Pot Noodle (Ante)
from My Heart and I (Barrett Browning)
The Widower in the Country (Murray)
Mistress of My Own Being (Amadiume)
songs of ourselves vol 2 part 215
Taking Back (Underwood)
Blessed by the Indifference (Reid)
Australia 1970 (Wright)
The Spring (Carew)
The Darkling Thrush (Hardy)
Stormcock in Elder (Pitter)
Parrot (Smith)
At the Parrot House, Taronga Park (Smith)
Eel Tail (Oswald)
from Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (Whitman)
The Sea Eats the Land at Home (Awoonor)
You will Know When You Get There (Curnow)
Written Near a Port on a Dark Evening (Smith)
Blessing (Dharker)
The Stars Go Over the Lonely Ocean (Jeffers)
chingonyi kumukanda15
The Colour of James Brown's Scream
Fisherman's Song
Broomhall
Some Bright Elegance
The N Word (I.)
Curfew
Waves
Kumukanda
A Proud Blemish
Grief
Andrews Corner
Kung'anda
'Round Midnight
Baltic Mill
This poem contains gull song
lochhead a handsel15
Revelation
Grandfather's Room
For My Grandmother Knitting
Poem for My Sister
Box Room
Girl's Song
Ships
Old Notebooks
The Teachers
I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine
The Man in the Comic Strip
The Beekeeper
The Bridegroom
Lady of Shalott
Poets Need Not
What this specification changes about the package
Set texts are named per examination year, not per syllabus version. A package must be ordered against an examination year. The same code means different books in 2028, 2029 and 2030
Every candidate takes Paper 1 plus either Paper 2 or Component 3 Coursework. Two product routes per package, an examination route and a coursework route, sharing the Paper 1 material
A coursework route worth half the qualification is available, unlike GCSE English Literature in England. Comparative coursework support is a product category the domestic catalogue has no equivalent for
Both written papers are open text: annotated set texts may be taken into the exam room. Revision products teach navigation and annotation of the text, not memorised quotation
All four objectives are tested holistically in every question, at 25 per cent each. No product may teach an objective in isolation or claim an objective specific question type
From 2028 only one of the five drama choices is a Shakespeare play. Shakespeare material cannot carry the drama offer; the modern and contemporary plays are the volume
Coursework texts must not repeat a text studied for Paper 1, and one must be drama. Coursework packages are built around text pairings, and must be checked against the candidate's Paper 1 choice
How we know
Specification read
Version 1, for exams in 2028, 2029 and 2030, read from the cover of the board's own PDF. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
Sign-off
Lee Woods, 23 August 2026. Map cie-0475-v1.
Currency
The 2027 syllabus, Version 2, remains live for the 2027 series and carries a different assessment model
Grading variant
0475 grades A* to G; 0992 grades 9 to 1. Tested by sentence level diff at 97.38 per cent identical. Assessment structure, marks, weightings, objectives and set texts are identical across the two codes.
Set texts held
23 texts, each with a rights status derived from the author's death date. The board states none of them.
What this map does not hold
copyright statuses. DERIVED BY PLATFORM, NOT BOARD STATED
entry codes. NOT BOARD STATED in the syllabus; component entry codes sit in the Guide to Making Entries
ao mark split. NOT BOARD STATED at question level. The board gives each objective 25 per cent of each component and marks holistically, so no per question split exists to record
Decisions taken
Its own catalogue entry, pointing at this map. 0992 gets its own storefront listing and its own order path. The mapping is unchanged: the two codes were proved near identical by sentence level diff and remain one map with two grading variants
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