Question 2 + Bullet 2
Generally Question 2 will look like this:
On the basis of reading items <all pre-release items except item 1>, write about:
!How far (3+) critical viewpoints are presented/throw light/seem applicable in <pre-release> extract 1.
!How far you agree with <quote from pre-release>. You may support your answer with reference to texts you are familiar with (and texts in paper if question permits).
*Bullet 2 is basically your own views (I think)
June 2007:
Write about:
! Which of the views given in Items Two, Three and Four seem to you applicable to the opening of Tremain.s novel, Restoration
! Whether any of the prose fiction you have read or studied might be regarded in any way as historical fiction.
January 2007:
On the basis of your reading of Items Two, Three and Four (a) and (b), write about:
! Which of the views on Bradbury’s writing in Item Two seem to you applicable to the short story .The Murderer. You must give reasons for your choices
! The ways in which you can connect Items Three and Four (a) and (b) with the Murderer and The Unknown Citizen.
June 2006:
On the basis of your reading of Items Two, Three and Four, write about:
! The extent to which Item Two and either Item Three or Item Four have informed your response to the extract from The Mill on the Floss;
! What you have found interesting about the representation of gender in at least two literary texts you have read during your Advanced Level studies.
January 2006:
Items Two, Three and Four are all concerned with Literary Beginnings and the interpretations of texts. In the light of your reading of this material, write about:
_ How far the commentaries (Items Two and Three) on reading the openings of novels have helped to inform your response to the opening of Jon McGregor’s If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things;
_ The relationship between the reader and the text, showing how far you agree with the authors of Item Four that your response to texts arises out of your own contexts. Illustrate your answer by reference to the literary extracts from this paper and, if you wish, to other literary texts you have read.
June 2005:
In the light of your reading of Items Two and Three, write about:
_ How far at least two of the critical viewpoints in Item Two throw light on the extract from Nicholas Nickleby that you have read;
_ How far, from your study of English Literature at Advanced Level, you agree with Penelope Lively’s view that there is an advantage to reading as ‘literary innocents’. You should support your answer with reference to texts you are familiar with.
January 2005:
On the basis of your reading of Items Two, Three, Four and Five write about:
_ How far at least three of the qualities identified by the critics in Items Two and Three are present in the given extract from Amy’s View;
_ How far you agree with Pam Gems in Item Five when she says “all theater is political in a profound way.” In discussing this view you may refer to Item Four, to the extract from Amy’s View and to any other plays with which you are familiar.