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H072 · ocr-h072-v1, awaiting sign-off
AS-level English Literature
Cambridge OCR
TWO set-text cohorts run on DIFFERENT dates. Shakespeare changed for assessment from 2026; poetry pre-1900 changes for first assessment 2028, with the old list running to 2027. A centre teaching from September 2026 needs the NEW Shakespeare list and the OLD poetry list at the same time. Rossetti: Selected Poems appears in BOTH poetry cohorts with different poems, so title alone is not a unique key. Both components are closed text and carry equal marks, but the durations differ: 90 minutes and 105 minutes. The A-level sibling H472 is a separate document and is not yet mapped.
Component 01: Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900
Section 1: Shakespeare (30 marks)
Choose one play, then one question from two, each on a proposition. Closed text. Extracts use the Alexander Text
Section 2: Poetry pre-1900 (30 marks)
Choose one text. One compulsory question relating a printed poem to the whole collection. TWO cohorts listed: to 2027 and from 2028
Component 02: Drama and prose post-1900
Section 1: Drama post-1900 (30 marks)
Choose one play, then one question from two, each on a proposition. Closed text
Section 2: Prose post-1900 (30 marks)
Choose one text. One compulsory question connecting it to a thematically linked unseen extract