Component 2 and 3 Overview: Modern Drama (Edexcel IGCSE English Literature)

Component 2 and 3 Overview: Modern Drama

If you are studying Edexcel International GCSE in English Literature (4ET1/01), you must complete Component 1, plus either Component 2 or Component 3. Component 2 is an optional examined component and Component 3 is a coursework option. 

Component 2

If you opt to study Component 2, the exam question in Section A requires you to write a 30-mark essay question from a choice of two. In either question, you will analyse how language, form and structure are used to create meaning and effect in a modern drama text.

There are two sections in this exam paper:

Component 3

If you opt to study Component 3, you must write one coursework assignment, which can be self-generated or devised by your teacher. You will be required to analyse how language, form and structure are used to create meaning and effect in a modern drama text. Your assignment will be marked out of 30. 

In the Modern Drama section for Component 2 or Component 3, you will be expected to apply your knowledge and understanding of your drama text, including the ways in which writers use language, form and structure to create effects. You must:

• demonstrate a close understanding of your drama text

• maintain a critical style

• present an informed personal engagement

• understand how writers create literary effects

• understand and use appropriate literary terminology

• identify and use relevant examples from the play

Find out more about how to answer the Modern Drama question here.