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AQA MERGED QUESTION PAPER AND MARK SCHEME ENGLISH LITERATURE A PAPER 2B-7712/2B (TEXTS IN SHARED CONTEXTS: MODERN TIMES: LITRATURE FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT DAY) FOR JUNE 2024£9.97
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AQA MERGED QUESTION PAPER AND MARK SCHEME ENGLISH LITERATURE A PAPER 2B-7712/2B (TEXTS IN SHARED CONTEXTS: MODERN TIMES: LITRATURE FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT DAY) FOR JUNE 2024
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ENGLISH LITARETURE A
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ENGLISH LITARETURE A
AQA MERGED QUESTION PAPER AND MARK SCHEME ENGLISH LITERATURE A PAPER 2B-7712/2B (TEXTS IN SHARED CONTEXTS: MODERN TIMES: LITRATURE FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT DAY) FOR JUNE 2024
A-level
ENGLISH LITERATURE A
Paper 2B Texts in shared contexts: Modern times: Literature from 1945
to the present day
Wednesday 5 June 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
7712/2B
, 2
Option 1
Section A: Poetry Set Text
Answer one question in this section.
Feminine Gospels – Carol Ann Duffy
Either
0 1 Examine the view that this collection is dominated by conflict between women
and men.
You must write about at least two poems in your answer.
[25 marks]
or
0 2 ‘In the collection, Duffy presents women as always showing great personal courage.’
Examine this view.
You must write about at least two poems in your answer.
[25 marks]
Skirrid Hill – Owen Sheers
or
0 3 ‘In Skirrid Hill, Sheers presents masculinity as being always toxic.’
Examine this view of the collection.
You must write about at least two poems in your answer.
[25 marks]
or
0 4 Examine the significance of pain in Skirrid Hill.
You must write about at least two poems in your answer.
[25 marks]
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Option 1
Section B: Drama and Prose Contextual Linking
Read the Insert. Answer both questions in this section.
Read the Insert carefully. It is taken from A Trick I Learned from Dead Men, a novel by Kitty
Aldridge, published in 2012. Lee Hart lives in a remote cottage with his younger brother, Ned, who is
deaf, and their widowed stepfather, Lester. Their mother has been dead for seven years. Lee, who
is in his mid-twenties, works as a trainee undertaker alongside an older colleague, Derek. The
extract begins as the local florist, Lorelle, arrives at the funeral home with a delivery of flowers.
Answer both questions.
0 5 Explore the significance of loneliness and social isolation in this extract.
Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed analysis of the ways that Aldridge
shapes meanings.
[25 marks]
and
0 6 Compare the significance of loneliness and social isolation in two other texts you
have studied.
Remember to include in your answer reference to how meanings are shaped in the texts
you are comparing.
You must use one drama text and one prose text in your response.
[25 marks]
Turn over for the next section
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Option 2
Section A: Drama Set Text
Answer one question in this section.
A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams
Either
0 7 Examine the significance of the relationship between Blanche and Stella in the play.
[25 marks]
or
0 8 Examine the significance of music and songs in A Streetcar Named Desire.
[25 marks]
Top Girls – Caryl Churchill
or
0 9 ‘In Top Girls, Churchill presents a world in which there is no hope for the powerless.’
Examine this view.
[25 marks]
or
1 0 Examine the significance of resistance in Top Girls.
[25 marks]
IB/H/Jun24/7712/2B
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