Hi just asked DD who did a level English lit this yr, and she said she didn't find it a huge step up from GCSE.
Found the poetry easier because you don't have to learn as much off by heart.
She's a big literature fan, works at an A mostly.
She says the modules in terms of what you learn, 1st year 2 plays, streetcar (modern) and The Duchess of Malfi (historic type). She had questions in mocks comparing the two plays.
Then, during the second half of the first year her class started reading One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
In second year she got to choose from two modern novels to write coursework on - this coursework was a 2500-3000 word essay comparing Cuckoo's Nest with her chosen novel. She also studied Hamlet in second year, with nothing to compare it with - it was a standalone text.
Poetry wise, in first year she studied Philip Larkin and Carol Ann Duffy's poetry, so she read the anthologies of each poet. In the exam you were allowed to take a clean copy of the anthology which meant she didn't have to learn each poem off by heart. In second year she learnt more about unseen poetry, so she was taught how to analyse poetry she'd never seen before.
Disclaimer, DD took over and wrote the majority of the above.
Hth!