Specification points
Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) English Literature (Modular) 4XET1
41 points in 2 topics, with Edexcel's codes and titles.
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U1 Poetry and Modern Prose
- U1.A Section A: Unseen Poetry
- U1.B Section B: Anthology Poetry
- U1.B.1 If– – Rudyard Kipling
- U1.B.2 Prayer Before Birth – Louis MacNeice
- U1.B.3 Blessing – Imtiaz Dharker
- U1.B.4 Search For My Tongue – Sujata Bhatt
- U1.B.5 Half-past Two – U A Fanthorpe
- U1.B.6 Piano – D H Lawrence
- U1.B.7 Hide and Seek – Vernon Scannell
- U1.B.8 Sonnet 116 – William Shakespeare
- U1.B.9 La Belle Dame sans Merci – John Keats
- U1.B.10 Poem at Thirty-Nine – Alice Walker
- U1.B.11 War Photographer – Carol Ann Duffy
- U1.B.12 The Tyger – William Blake
- U1.B.13 My Last Duchess – Robert Browning
- U1.B.14 Half-caste – John Agard
- U1.B.15 Do not go gentle into that good night – Dylan Thomas
- U1.B.16 Remember – Christina Rossetti
- U1.C Section C: Modern Prose
- U1.C.1 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
- U1.C.2 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
- U1.C.3 The Whale Rider – Witi Ihimaera
- U1.C.4 The Joy Luck Club – Amy Tan
- U1.C.5 Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
- U1.C.6 Klara and the Sun – Kazuo Ishiguro
- U1.C.7 Western Lane – Chetna Maroo
U2 Modern Drama and Literary Heritage Texts
- U2.A Section A: Modern Drama
- U2.A.1 A View from the Bridge – Arthur Miller
- U2.A.2 An Inspector Calls – J B Priestley
- U2.A.3 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
- U2.A.4 Kindertransport – Diane Samuels
- U2.A.5 Death and the King’s Horseman – Wole Soyinka
- U2.B Section B: Literary Heritage Texts
- U2.B.1 Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare
- U2.B.2 Macbeth – William Shakespeare
- U2.B.3 The Merchant of Venice – William Shakespeare
- U2.B.4 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
- U2.B.5 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
- U2.B.6 The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne