Sixth Form Subject Choices 2021 - Flipbook - Page 21
What is the course content and how is it assessed?
Component Group 1: The World of the Hero
Written exam. 2 hours 20 minutes.
100 marks
40% of A Level
Content
Homer’s Odyssey
AND Virgil’s Aeneid
Component Group 2: Culture and the Arts
Written exam. 1 hour 45 minutes.
75 marks
30% of A Level
Content
The study of the historical and cultural context surrounding both tragic and comedic theatre.
Focusing on three plays:
1. Oedipus Rex
2. Bacchae
3. Frogs
Components from this group involve the study of visual and material culture. This component will also
involve the study of literature in translation.
Component Group 3: Beliefs and Ideas
Written exam. 1 hour 45 minutes.
75 marks
30% of A Level
Content
Components in this group involve study of an area of classical thought, in combination with the study of
literature in translation and visual/material culture.
The evolution of ancient Athenian democracy and what this meant for the Greek city states
including its idealisation and shortcomings
You will examine the works playwrights, contemporary historians and philosophers. This includes
Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Thucydides and Plato
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