AS Examination (AQA Specification) Unit 1: 1½ hours: 50% of the total AS marks: 25% of the total A level marks Women In Athens and Rome A study of freeborn.

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AS Examination (AQA Specification) Unit 1: 1½ hours: 50% of the total AS marks: 25% of the total A level marks Women In Athens and Rome A study of freeborn women in Classical Athens, and of Roman women in the late Republic and early Empire. Law-court speeches, historical accounts, letters and a comedy play from the time will be used to develop a knowledge and understanding of the legal status and rôles of women in public and private life, including religion, in Athens and Rome, and the religious, political and cultural values and attitudes implicit in the position and treatment of women in each society. Year 12 Advanced Subsidiary Award Unit 2: 1½ hours: 50% of the total AS marks: 25% of the total A level marks Homer’s Iliad A critical study of selected books of the Iliad, Homer’s epic poem which tells the story of the last year of the Trojan War. Students will develop a knowledge and understanding of plot, characterisation, oral composition, narrative and descriptive techniques, the role of fate and the gods, relationships, the Heroic Code and concepts of honour and revenge, the portrayal of war and the religious, cultural and social values and concepts implicit in the poem.

A2 Examination (AQA Specification) Unit 3: 1½ hours: 25% of the total A level marks Greek Tragedy A critical study in their religious, cultural and social context of Sophocles’ King Oedipus and Antigone, and Euripides’, Medea and Hippolytus. Students will develop a knowledge and understanding of the structure of the plots, characterisation, the conventions and production of tragedies in fifth-century Athens, the use of the chorus, and dramatic techniques and effects. Year 13 Advanced Level Award Unit 4: 1½ hours: 25% of the total A level marks Virgil’s Aeneid A critical study in its religious, political, cultural and social context of selected books of Virgil’s Aeneid. Students will develop a knowledge and understanding of plot, characterisation, narrative and descriptive techniques, Homeric influence, fate, the gods and human responsibility, relationships, concepts of heroism, moral values and the links between the Aeneid and the historical circumstances in which it was composed.