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ADVANCED General Certificate of Education 2008 English Literature Assessment Unit A2 2a Module 5: The Study of Twentieth-Century Prose A2L21 assessing [A2L21] WEDNESDAY 21 MAY, MORNING TIME 1 hour 10 minutes. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number on the Answer Booklet provided. Answer one question. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this paper is 30. Quality of written communication will be assessed in your answer. You should have with you your copy of the prescribed text for this examination. A2L2S8 3298 BLANK PAGE A2L2S8 3298 2 [Turn over Read all of this page first carefully In this paper you will be marked on your ability to communicate clearly the knowledge, understanding and insight appropriate to literary study, using appropriate terminology and accurate and coherent written expression (AO1) articulate independent opinions and judgements, informed by different interpretations of literary texts by different readers (AO4) evaluate the significance of cultural, historical and other contextual influences on literary texts and study (AO5ii). This means that in your answer, you must express your ideas in a clear and well-organised way, paying careful attention to spelling, punctuation and grammar and using appropriate literary terms develop an argument in response to a statement about the text given at the beginning of the question provide information from outside the text, relevant to the question, about the context; this could be historical, social, cultural circumstances in which the text was written literary context concerned with the type of text e.g. satirical novel, short story or with a particular literary notion such as the hero. A2L2S8 3298 3 [Turn over 1 Conrad: The Secret Agent Answer either (a) or (b) (a) The Secret Agent is a very modern novel in the negative view it takes of policemen and politicians. Using the given extract as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins at the opening of Chapter 7 and ends about eight pages later with the words, But these fellows have no decency. The personal attacks N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the modern novel that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. (b) The Secret Agent is more of a comic novel than a tragic one. Using the given extract as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins at the opening of Chapter 11 and ends about nine pages later with the words, You go to bed now. What you want is a good cry. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the comic novel and the tragic novel that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. A2L2S8 3298 4 [Turn over 2 Gibbons: Cold Comfort Farm Answer either (a) or (b) (a) Cold Comfort Farm does not provide us with a realistic picture of the women of the 1930s. Using the given extract as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins at the opening of Chapter 1 and ends about six pages later with the words, Mrs Smiling shuddered at the compelling, the almost Gallic, cynicism of Flora s speech. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer contextual material from outside the text and relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. (b) Cold Comfort Farm presents a picture of country life in England in the 1930s which is exaggerated and unrealistic. Using the given extract as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins about four pages into Chapter 7 with the words, At four o clock she came downstairs to look for some tea. It ends about five pages later with, Reuben would be convinced that she spoke the truth. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer contextual material from outside the text and relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. A2L2S8 3298 5 [Turn over 3 Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms Answer either (a) or (b) (a) For today s reader, A Farewell to Arms is an eye-opening novel in its view of the horrific and de-humanising conditions of modern warfare. Using the given extract as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins about two or three pages into Chapter 25 with the words, I went out and carried my bags up the stairs. It goes on to the end of the chapter. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer contextual material from outside the text and relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. (b) As a character without any firm beliefs about anything, Frederic Henry makes a strange kind of hero. Using the given extract as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins about three or four pages into Chapter 27 with the words, I did not say anything. I was always embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious . . . It goes on to the end of the chapter. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the nature of the hero that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. A2L2S8 3298 6 [Turn over 4 Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day Answer either (a) or (b) (a) The Remains of the Day is not a convincing account of the relationship between the servant class and the upper class in the earlier part of the twentieth century. Using the given extract as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins about seven or eight pages before the end of Day Three Evening with the words, As I recall, I was rung for late one night it was past midnight. It goes on to the end of the section. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer contextual material from outside the text and relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. (b) The only character in The Remains of the Day who possesses the qualities of a true hero is Miss Kenton. Using the given extract as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins about six or seven pages from the opening of Day Two Morning with the words, As I remember it was one morning after my father and Miss Kenton had joined the staff, I had been in my pantry, sitting at the table going through my paperwork. It ends about five pages later with, If you are sceptical, Mr Stevens, perhaps you will care to step out here and observe for yourself. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the nature of the hero that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. A2L2S8 3298 7 [Turn over 5 McGahern: That They May Face the Rising Sun Answer either (a) or (b) (a) That They May Face the Rising Sun gives an unrealistic picture of Ireland: the novel has little to do with the shifting social, economic and political forces in Ireland in the second half of the twentieth century. Using the given extract as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins on page 119 of the hardback edition or page 125 of the paperback edition with the words, I think you should give Frank Dolan his chance at it if you decide to sell. It ends about six and a half pages later, on page 125 of the hardback edition or page 132 of the paperback edition, with, But how can time be gathered in and kissed? There is only flesh. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer contextual material from outside the text and relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. (b) The real hero of the novel is the lake around which the novel is set. Using the given extract as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins on page 88 of the hardback edition or page 92 of the paperback edition with the words, Below the Ruttledges stood the entrance to the house where Mary had grown up on the edge of the lake. . . . It ends about four pages later, on page 92 of the hardback edition or page 97 of the paperback edition with, Ruttledge lifted her high in affection and welcome to see how she had grown since the summer before. A2L2S8 N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the nature of the hero that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. 3298 8 [Turn over 6 Madden: Authenticity Answer either (a) or (b) (a) Authenticity can be viewed as a feminist novel; all its male characters are the cause of others suffering. Using the given extract as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins about seven pages into Chapter 29 with the words, You shouldn t ask me that she said . . . It ends about three pages later with, My darlings, how are you? Today I painted, then I drank. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the nature of the feminist novel that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. (b) The novel concentrates on the problems of artists and would-be artists: it does not offer a sufficiently broad view of twenty-first century life. Using the given extract as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins about eight pages into Chapter 33 with the words, Neither of the protagonists in the drama that was Roderic s collapse had full knowledge of what had happened. It ends just over two pages later with, He was overcome by a sense of horror and could no longer bear to be on his own. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer contextual material from outside the text and relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. A2L2S8 3298 9 [Turn over 7 O Connor: Classic Irish Short Stories Answer either (a) or (b) (a) The central characters in The Dead could never be described as heroes or heroines. By close examination of The Dead by James Joyce, give your response to the above view. N.B. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the nature of the hero or heroine that is relevant to the question. (b) The short story is particularly well suited to comic narrative. By close examination of My Oedipus Complex by Frank O Connor, and with reference to one other appropriately selected story, give your response to the above view. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the nature of the short story that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the story which you select for reference. A2L2S8 3298 10 [Turn over 8 Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye Answer either (a) or (b) (a) Holden s typically adolescent wish to reform the world makes The Catcher in the Rye more a psychological than a social novel. Using the given extract as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins about two pages from the end of Chapter 22 with the words, Anyway, I like it now, I said. I mean right now. Sitting here with you and just chewing the fat and horsing . . . It goes on to the end of the chapter. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the nature of the psychological novel and of the social novel that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. (b) In no sense is Holden a tragic hero. Using all of Chapter 26 as a starting point, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the nature of the tragic hero that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. A2L2S8 3298 11 [Turn over 9 Trevor: The Collected Stories of William Trevor Answer either (a) or (b) (a) Trevor s stories are not an accurate reflection of the attitudes towards relationships in the second half of the twentieth century. By close examination of The Bedroom Eyes of Mrs Vansittart , and with reference to one other appropriately selected story, give your response to the above view. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer contextual material from outside the text and relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the story which you select for reference. (b) Short stories are often about people who are unable to face up to the truth. By close examination of The Events at Drimaghleen , and with reference to one other appropriately selected story, give your response to the above view. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the nature of the short story that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the story which you select for reference. A2L2S8 3298 12 [Turn over 10 Walker: The Color Purple Answer either (a) or (b) (a) The Color Purple, as an epistolary novel, is less concerned with conveying the problems of the Deep South in the early twentieth century than with those of the letter writers. Using all of letter 77 as a starting point*, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. * The letter is found just over two-thirds of the way through the novel and begins with, Dear Nettie, I am so happy. I got love, I got work, I got money, friends and time. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the nature of the epistolary novel that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. (b) The Color Purple, as a realist novel, gives convincing accounts of both the racism and oppression of women in the Deep South in the early twentieth century. Using all of the novel s first four letters as a starting point, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the nature of the realist novel that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. A2L2S8 3298 13 [Turn over 11 Wharton: The Age of Innocence Answer either (a) or (b) (a) Although the love triangle of Newland, May and Ellen is a situation typical of romantic fiction, the novel s emphasis on questions of conscience makes it more than a simple love story. Using the given extract as a starting point*, give your response to the above view. * The extract begins about five or six pages from the end of the novel with the words, Dallas s hand came down cheerily on his shoulder. It goes on to the end of the novel. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the nature of romantic fiction that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. (b) The Age of Innocence celebrates the struggles and triumphs of women in a male-dominated society and can, therefore, be judged as a feminist novel. Using all of Chapter 4 as a starting point, and with reference to other appropriately selected parts of the novel, give your response to the above view. N.B. 1. You must include in your answer external contextual material on the nature of the feminist novel that is relevant to the question. 2. One quarter of the marks for this question are available for your use of the extract. THIS IS THE END OF THE QUESTION PAPER A2L2S8 A2L2S8 3298 14 [Turn over Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for. In some cases, efforts to contact copyright holders may have been unsuccessful and CCEA will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgement in future if notified. S 5/07 529-029-1 [Turn over

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