Cambridge AssessmentInternational EducationSyllabusCambridge InternationalAS &A LevelLiterature in English 9695Use this syllabus for exams in 2024,2025 and 2026.Exams are available in the June and November series.Also available for examination in March 2024,2025 and 2026 for India only.Version 1For the purposes of screen readers,any mention in this document of Cambridge IGCSECambridgerefers to Cambridge International General Certification of Secondary Education.PathwayWhy choose Cambridge International?Cambridge Intemational prepares school students for life,helping them develop an informed curiosity and alasting passion for learning.We are part of the University of Cambridge.Our Cambridge Pathway gives students a clear path for educational success from age 5 to 19.Schools canshape the curriculum around how they want students to learn-with a wide range of subjects and flexible waysto offer them.It helps students discover new abilities and a wider world,and gives them the skills they need forlife,so they can achieve at school,university and work.Our programmes and qualifications set the global standard for intemnational education.They are created bysubject experts,rooted in academic rigour and reflect the latest educational research.They provide a strongplatform for students to progress from one stage to the next,and are well supported by teaching and leamningresources.We review all our syllabuses regularly,so they reflect the latest research evidence and professional teachingpractice-and take account of the different national contexts in which they are taught.We consult with teachers to help us design each syllabus around the needs of their learners.Consulting withleading universities has helped us make sure our syllabuses encourage students to master the key concepts inthe subject and develop the skills necessary for success in higher education.Our mission is to provide educational benefit through provision of international programmes and qualificationsfor school education and to be the world leader in this field.Together with schools,we develop Cambridgeleamers who are confident,responsible,reflective,innovative and engaged-equipped for success in theEvery year,nearly a million Cambridge students from 10000 schools in 160 countries prepare for their futurewith the Cambridge Pathway.School feedback:'We think the Cambridge curriculum is superb preparation for university.'Feedback from:Christoph Guttentag.Dean of Undergraduate Admissions,Duke University.USAQuality managementCambridge International is committed to providing exceptional quality.In line with this commitment,ourquality management system for the provision of intemational qualifications and education programmes forstudents aged 5 to 19 is independently certified as meeting the intemationally recognised standard,ISO 9001:2015.Leamn more at www.cambridgeinternational.org/ISO9001Cambridge University Press Assessment September 2021Cambridge Assessment Intemational Education is part of Cambridge University Press Assessment.Cambridge University PressAssessment is a department of the University of Cambridge.Cambridge University Press Assessment retains the copyright on all its publications.Registered centres are pemmitted to copymaterial from this booklet for their own internal use.However,we cannot give pemmission to centres to photocopy any material that isacknowledged to a third party even for internal use within a centre.ContentsWhy choose Cambridge International?............1 Why choose this syllabus?2 Syllabus overview8AimsContent overview9Assessment overview10Assessment objectives123 Subject content14Set texts for examination in 202414Set poems and stories for examination in 202417Set texts for examination in 202525Set poems and stories for examination in 202527Set texts for examination in 202635Set poems and stories for examination in 202637Editions of set texts used for setting passages in the examination474 Details of the assessment.......50Paper 1 Drama and Poetry50Paper 2 Prose and Unseen50Paper 3 Shakespeare and Drama52Paper 4 Pre-and Post-1900 Poetry and Prose52Command words545 What else you need to know..55Before you start55Making entries56Accessibility and equality56After the exam57How students,teachers and higher education can use the grades59Grade descriptions59Changes to this syllabus for 2024,2025 and 202660Important:Changes to this syllabusFor information about changes to this syllabus for 2024,2025 and 2026,go to page 60.The latest syllabus is version 1,published September 2021.There are significant changes to set texts whichAny textbooks endorsed to support the syllabus for examination from 2021 are still suitable for use with thissyllabus.