English Literature

English Literature 0475 — specification explorer

All 203 specification statements from the official Cambridge International specification, as printed.

Paper/unit applicability has not been derived for this course yet — the statements below are the parsed specification, as printed.

1. Section A: Poetry

S3.001Candidates answer on one set text in Section A (Poetry).
S3.002From Songs of Ourselves Volume 1 , Part 4, the following 15 poems:
S3.003Margaret Atwood, ‘The City Planners’
S3.004Boey Kim Cheng, ‘The Planners’
S3.005Thom Gunn, ‘The Man with Night Sweats’
S3.006Robert Lowell, ‘Night Sweat’
S3.007Edward Thomas, ‘Rain’
S3.008Anne Stevenson, ‘The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument’
S3.009Tony Harrison, ‘From Long Distance’
S3.010W H Auden, ‘Funeral Blues’
S3.011Thomas Hardy, ‘He Never Expected Much’
S3.012Fleur Adcock, ‘The Telephone Call’
S3.013Peter Porter, ‘A Consumer’s Report’
S3.014Judith Wright, ‘Request To A Year’
S3.015Charles Tennyson Turner, ‘On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book’
S3.016Percy Bysshe Shelley, ‘Ozymandias’
S3.017Stevie Smith, ‘Away, Melancholy’
S3.018These may be found in Songs of Ourselves Volume 1: The University of Cambridge International printed in this text.

2. Section A: Poetry

1. Section A: Poetry (_)

S5.001From Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 , Part 4, the following 15 poems:
S5.002Elizabeth Thomas (‘Corinna’), ‘The Forsaken Wife’
S5.003Philip Bourke Marston, ‘After’
S5.004Algernon Charles Swinburne, ‘A Leave-Taking’
S5.005Sir Thomas Wyatt, ‘I Find No Peace’
S5.006James Joyce, ‘I Hear an Army’
S5.007Charlotte Mew, ‘Rooms’
S5.008Robert Browning, ‘Love in a Life’
S5.009Lauris Edmond, ‘Waterfall’
S5.010Mary Monck (‘Marinda’), ‘Verses Written on Her Death-bed at Bath to Her Husband in London’
S5.011A R D Fairburn, ‘Rhyme of the Dead Self’
S5.012Percy Bysshe Shelley, ‘Stanzas Written in Dejection, Near Naples’
S5.013Derek Walcott, ‘Nearing Forty’
S5.014Elinor Morton Wylie, ‘Now Let No Charitable Hope’
S5.015Alexander Pope, ‘From An Essay on Criticism’
S5.016Henry Wotton, ‘The Character of a Happy Life’
S5.017These may be found in Songs of Ourselves Volume 2: The University of Cambridge International printed in this text.
S5.018Ted Hughes, the following 15 poems:
S5.019The Thought-Fox The Harvest Moon
S5.020The Jaguar Football at Slack
S5.021The Horses Roe-Deer
S5.022Wind A Memory
S5.023Relic Telegraph Wires
S5.024Hawk Roosting Anniversary
S5.025Cat and Mouse The Other
S5.026Snowdrop in the paper will be printed as in this text.

3. Section B: Prose

1. Section B: Prose

S7.001Candidates answer on one set text in Section B (Prose).
S7.002Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Purple Hibiscus
S7.003Charles Dickens Great Expectations
S7.004Daphne du Maurier Rebecca
S7.005Henry James Washington Square
S7.006Jhumpa Lahiri The Namesake
S7.007Joan Lindsay Picnic at Hanging Rock
S7.008Yann Martel Life of Pi
S7.009From Stories of Ourselves Volume 2 , the following 10 stories: no. 2 Nathaniel Hawthorne, ‘Dr Heidegger’s Experiment’ no. 16 O Henry, ‘The Furnished Room’ no. 18 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, ‘The Widow’s Might’ no. 25 Henry Handel Richardson, ‘And Women Must Weep’ no. 29 Marghanita Laski, ‘The Tower’ no. 31 Janet Frame, ‘The Reservoir’ no. 32 Langston Hughes, ‘Thank You M’am’ no. 41 Anjana Appachana, ‘Sharmaji’ no. 43 Yiyun Li, ‘A Thousand Years of Good Prayers’ no. 44 Segun Afolabi, ‘Mrs Mahmood’ stories in the paper will be printed as in this text.

4. Set texts for examination in 2023 – Paper

1. Set texts for examination in 2023 – Paper

S8.001Candidates must answer on two different set texts from the following:
S8.002Lynn Nottage Crumbs from the Table of Joy
S8.003R C Sherriff Journey’s End
S8.004Wole Soyinka Death and the King’s Horseman
S8.005William Shakespeare Twelfth Night
S8.006William Shakespeare Othello

5. Set texts for examination in 2023 – Paper

1. Set texts for examination in 2023 – Paper (_)

S9.001Candidates must answer on one set text from the following:
S9.002Lynn Nottage Crumbs from the Table of Joy
S9.003R C Sherriff Journey’s End
S9.004Wole Soyinka Death and the King’s Horseman
S9.005William Shakespeare Twelfth Night
S9.006William Shakespeare Othello begin teaching, check the set text list for the year in which your candidates will take their examinations. specified, candidates may use any edition of the set text, provided it is not an abridgement or a simplified version.

6. Section A: Poetry

1. Section A: Poetry (_)

S11.001Candidates answer on one set text in Section A (Poetry).
S11.002From Songs of Ourselves Volume 1 , Part 4, the following 15 poems:
S11.003Margaret Atwood, ‘The City Planners’
S11.004Boey Kim Cheng, ‘The Planners’
S11.005Thom Gunn, ‘The Man with Night Sweats’
S11.006Robert Lowell, ‘Night Sweat’
S11.007Edward Thomas, ‘Rain’
S11.008Anne Stevenson, ‘The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument’
S11.009Tony Harrison, ‘From Long Distance’
S11.010W H Auden, ‘Funeral Blues’
S11.011Thomas Hardy, ‘He Never Expected Much’
S11.012Fleur Adcock, ‘The Telephone Call’
S11.013Peter Porter, ‘A Consumer’s Report’
S11.014Judith Wright, ‘Request To A Year’
S11.015Charles Tennyson Turner, ‘On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book’
S11.016Percy Bysshe Shelley, ‘Ozymandias’
S11.017Stevie Smith, ‘Away, Melancholy’
S11.018These may be found in Songs of Ourselves Volume 1: The University of Cambridge International printed in this text.

7. Section A: Poetry

1. Section A: Poetry (_)

S13.001From Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 , Part 4, the following 15 poems:
S13.002Elizabeth Thomas (‘Corinna’), ‘The Forsaken Wife’
S13.003Philip Bourke Marston, ‘After’
S13.004Algernon Charles Swinburne, ‘A Leave-Taking’
S13.005Sir Thomas Wyatt, ‘I Find No Peace’
S13.006James Joyce, ‘I Hear an Army’
S13.007Charlotte Mew, ‘Rooms’
S13.008Robert Browning, ‘Love in a Life’
S13.009Lauris Edmond, ‘Waterfall’
S13.010Mary Monck (‘Marinda’), ‘Verses Written on Her Death-bed at Bath to Her Husband in London’
S13.011A R D Fairburn, ‘Rhyme of the Dead Self’
S13.012Percy Bysshe Shelley, ‘Stanzas Written in Dejection, Near Naples’
S13.013Derek Walcott, ‘Nearing Forty’
S13.014Elinor Morton Wylie, ‘Now Let No Charitable Hope’
S13.015Alexander Pope, ‘From An Essay on Criticism’
S13.016Henry Wotton, ‘The Character of a Happy Life’
S13.017These may be found in Songs of Ourselves Volume 2: The University of Cambridge International printed in this text.
S13.018Ted Hughes, the following 15 poems:
S13.019The Thought-Fox The Harvest Moon
S13.020The Jaguar Football at Slack
S13.021The Horses Roe-Deer
S13.022Wind A Memory
S13.023Relic Telegraph Wires
S13.024Hawk Roosting Anniversary
S13.025Cat and Mouse The Other
S13.026Snowdrop in the paper will be printed as in this text.

8. Section B: Prose

1. Section B: Prose (_)

S15.001Candidates answer on one set text in Section B (Prose).
S15.002Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Purple Hibiscus
S15.003Charles Dickens Great Expectations
S15.004Daphne du Maurier Rebecca
S15.005Jhumpa Lahiri The Namesake
S15.006Joan Lindsay Picnic at Hanging Rock
S15.007Yann Martel Life of Pi
S15.008H G Wells The War of the Worlds
S15.009From Stories of Ourselves Volume 2 , the following 10 stories: no. 2 Nathaniel Hawthorne, ‘Dr Heidegger’s Experiment’ no. 16 O Henry, ‘The Furnished Room’ no. 18 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, ‘The Widow’s Might’ no. 25 Henry Handel Richardson, ‘And Women Must Weep’ no. 29 Marghanita Laski, ‘The Tower’ no. 31 Janet Frame, ‘The Reservoir’ no. 32 Langston Hughes, ‘Thank You M’am’ no. 41 Anjana Appachana, ‘Sharmaji’ no. 43 Yiyun Li, ‘A Thousand Years of Good Prayers’ no. 44 Segun Afolabi, ‘Mrs Mahmood’ stories in the paper will be printed as in this text.

9. Set texts for examination in 2024 – Paper

1. Set texts for examination in 2024 – Paper

S16.001Candidates must answer on two different set texts from the following:
S16.002Lynn Nottage Crumbs from the Table of Joy
S16.003Wole Soyinka Death and the King’s Horseman
S16.004Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire
S16.005William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream
S16.006William Shakespeare Othello

10. Set texts for examination in 2024 – Paper

1. Set texts for examination in 2024 – Paper (_)

S17.001Candidates must answer on one set text from the following:
S17.002Lynn Nottage Crumbs from the Table of Joy
S17.003Wole Soyinka Death and the King’s Horseman
S17.004Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire
S17.005William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream
S17.006William Shakespeare Othello begin teaching, check the set text list for the year in which your candidates will take their examinations. specified, candidates may use any edition of the set text, provided it is not an abridgement or a simplified version.

11. Section A: Poetry

1. Section A: Poetry (_)

S19.001Candidates answer on one set text in Section A (Poetry).
S19.002From Songs of Ourselves Volume 1 , Part 4, the following 15 poems:
S19.003Margaret Atwood, ‘The City Planners’
S19.004Boey Kim Cheng, ‘The Planners’
S19.005Thom Gunn, ‘The Man with Night Sweats’
S19.006Robert Lowell, ‘Night Sweat’
S19.007Edward Thomas, ‘Rain’
S19.008Anne Stevenson, ‘The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument’
S19.009Tony Harrison, ‘From Long Distance’
S19.010W H Auden, ‘Funeral Blues’
S19.011Thomas Hardy, ‘He Never Expected Much’
S19.012Fleur Adcock, ‘The Telephone Call’
S19.013Peter Porter, ‘A Consumer’s Report’
S19.014Judith Wright, ‘Request To A Year’
S19.015Charles Tennyson Turner, ‘On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book’
S19.016Percy Bysshe Shelley, ‘Ozymandias’
S19.017Stevie Smith, ‘Away, Melancholy’
S19.018These may be found in Songs of Ourselves Volume 1: The University of Cambridge International printed in this text.

12. Section A: Poetry

1. Section A: Poetry (_)

S21.001From Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 , Part 3, the following 15 poems:
S21.002Nancy Fotheringham Cato, ‘The Road’
S21.003Sarah Jackson, ‘The Instant of My Death’
S21.004Arun Kolatkar, ‘The Bus’
S21.005Julius Chingono, ‘At the Bus Station’
S21.006Imtiaz Dharker, ‘These are the Times We Live in’
S21.007Elizabeth Jennings, ‘The Enemies’
S21.008Sampurna Chattarji, ‘Boxes’
S21.009W H Auden, ‘The Capital’
S21.010Arthur Yap, ‘an afternoon nap’
S21.011Elizabeth Smither, ‘Plaits’
S21.012Elizabeth Daryush, ‘Children of Wealth’
S21.013Thomas Love Peacock, ‘Rich and Poor or, Saint and Sinner’
S21.014Musaemura Zimunya, ‘A Long Journey’
S21.015Stevie Smith, ‘Touch and Go’
S21.016George Szirtes, ‘Song’
S21.017These may be found in Songs of Ourselves Volume 2: The University of Cambridge International printed in this text.
S21.018Ted Hughes, the following 15 poems:
S21.019The Thought-Fox The Harvest Moon
S21.020The Jaguar Football at Slack
S21.021The Horses Roe-Deer
S21.022Wind A Memory
S21.023Relic Telegraph Wires
S21.024Hawk Roosting Anniversary
S21.025Cat and Mouse The Other
S21.026Snowdrop in the paper will be printed as in this text.

13. Section B: Prose

1. Section B: Prose (_)

S23.001Candidates answer on one set text in Section B (Prose).
S23.002Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart
S23.003Anita Desai Fire on the Mountain
S23.004Charles Dickens Great Expectations
S23.005Daphne du Maurier Rebecca
S23.006Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
S23.007Joan Lindsay Picnic at Hanging Rock
S23.008H G Wells The War of the Worlds
S23.009From Stories of Ourselves Volume 2 , the following 10 stories: no. 3 Christina Rossetti, ‘Nick’ no. 14 Olive Schreiner, ‘The Woman’s Rose’ no. 26 Ralph Ellison, ‘The Black Ball’ no. 30 Mulk Raj Anand, ‘The Gold Watch’ no. 35 Margaret Atwood, ‘When It Happens’ no. 37 J G Ballard, ‘The Man Who Walked on the Moon’ no. 38 Jamaica Kincaid, ‘A Walk to the Jetty’ no. 40 Jane Gardam, ‘Showing the Flag’ no. 47 Aminatta Forna, ‘Haywards Heath’ no. 49 Romesh Gunesekera, ‘Fluke’ stories in the paper will be printed as in this text.

14. Set texts for examination in 2025 – Paper

1. Set texts for examination in 2025 – Paper

S24.001Candidates must answer on two different set texts from the following:
S24.002Shelagh Delaney A Taste of Honey
S24.003Wole Soyinka Death and the King’s Horseman
S24.004Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire
S24.005William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream
S24.006William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra

15. Set texts for examination in 2025 – Paper

1. Set texts for examination in 2025 – Paper (_)

S25.001Candidates must answer on one set text from the following:
S25.002Shelagh Delaney A Taste of Honey
S25.003Wole Soyinka Death and the King’s Horseman
S25.004Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire
S25.005William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream
S25.006William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra
S25.007Requirements: set texts in open-book examinations underlining. Check Section 4 Details of the assessment for further information.
S25.008Resources: set text editions for classroom use facing pages), illustrations, activities and further resources which make these texts particularly useful and user- friendly for classroom use. individual plays.
S25.009Cambridge School Shakespeare series edited R Gibson, V Wienand and R Andrews
S25.010Cambridge Literature series edited J Baxter
S25.011Penguin Shakespeare Penguin
S25.012Oxford School Shakespeare Oxford University Press
S25.013Heinemann Shakespeare Heinemann
S25.014Longman School Shakespeare Pearson-Longman, series editor John O’Connor