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NSW HSC 2009 : ENGLISH (ADVANCED) PAPER 2

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2009 H I G H E R S C H O O L C E R T I F I C AT E E X A M I N AT I O N English (Advanced) Paper 2 Modules Total marks 60 S ection I General Instructions Reading time 5 minutes Working time 2 hours Write using black or blue pen Pages 2 5 20 marks Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2 Allow about 40 minutes for this section S ection II Pages 6 11 20 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 3 9 Allow about 40 minutes for this section S ection III Pages 12 13 20 marks Attempt either Question 10 or Question 11 Allow about 40 minutes for this section 153 Section I Module A: Comparative Study of Texts and Context 20 marks Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the question in a writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of the meanings of a pair of texts when considered together evaluate the relationships between texts and contexts organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 1 Elective 1: Exploring Connections (20 marks) (a) Shakespearean Drama and Film A deeper understanding of ambition and identity emerges from pursuing the connections between King Richard III and Looking for Richard. Compare how these texts explore ambition and identity. The prescribed texts are: William Shakespeare, King Richard III and Al Pacino, Looking for Richard OR Question 1 continues on page 3 2 Question 1 (continued) (b) Prose Fiction and Poetry A deeper understanding of place and identity emerges from pursuing the connections between The Aunt s Story and Dobson s poetry. Compare how these texts explore place and identity. The prescribed texts are: Patrick White, The Aunt s Story and Rosemary Dobson, Selected Poems * Young Girl at a Window * Chance Met * Landscape in Italy * Azay-Le-Rideau * The Rape of Europa * Romantic * Primitive Painters OR (c) Prose Fiction and Nonfiction A deeper understanding of relationships and identity emerges from pursuing the connections between Pride and Prejudice and Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen. Compare how these texts explore relationships and identity. The prescribed texts are: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice and Fay Weldon, Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen OR Question 1 continues on page 4 3 In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of the meanings of a pair of texts when considered together evaluate the relationships between texts and contexts organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 1 (continued) (d) Poetry and Drama A deeper understanding of suffering and identity emerges from pursuing the connections between Donne s poetry and W;t. Compare how these texts explore suffering and identity. The prescribed texts are: John Donne, Selected Poetry * Death be not proud * This is my playes last scene * At the round earths imagin d corners blow * If poisonous minerals * Hymne to God my God, in my sicknesse * A Valediction: forbidding mourning * The Apparition * The Relique * The Sunne Rising Margaret Edson, W;t End of Question 1 4 Question 2 Elective 2: Texts in Time (20 marks) (a) Prose Fiction and Film A deeper understanding of disruption and identity emerges from considering the parallels between Frankenstein and Blade Runner. Compare how these texts explore disruption and identity. The prescribed texts are: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein and Ridley Scott, Blade Runner (Director s Cut) or (Final Cut) OR (b) Prose Fiction and Poetry A deeper understanding of aspirations and identity emerges from considering the parallels between The Great Gatsby and Browning s poetry. Compare how these texts explore aspirations and identity. The prescribed texts are: F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh and Other Poems Sonnets I, XIII, XIV, XXI, XXII, XXVIII, XXXII, XLIII OR (c) Drama and Nonfiction A deeper understanding of independence and identity emerges from considering the parallels between Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and A Room of One s Own. Compare how these texts explore independence and identity. The prescribed texts are: Edward Albee, Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Virginia Woolf, A Room of One s Own 5 Section II Module B: Critical Study of Texts 20 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 3 9 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate an informed understanding of the ideas expressed in the text evaluate the text s language, content and construction organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 3 Shakespearean Drama William Shakespeare, Hamlet (20 marks) Through its portrayal of human experience, Shakespeare s Hamlet reinforces the significance of loyalty. To what extent does your interpretation of Hamlet support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to the play. 6 Question 4 Prose Fiction (20 marks) (a) Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion Through its portrayal of human experience, Ondaatje s In the Skin of a Lion reinforces the significance of honesty. To what extent does your interpretation of In the Skin of a Lion support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to the novel. OR (b) Tim Winton, Cloudstreet Through its portrayal of human experience, Winton s Cloudstreet reinforces the significance of hope. To what extent does your interpretation of Cloudstreet support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to the novel. OR (c) Gail Jones, Sixty Lights Through its portrayal of human experience, Jones Sixty Lights reinforces the significance of endurance. To what extent does your interpretation of Sixty Lights support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to the novel. OR (d) Charlotte Bront , Jane Eyre Through its portrayal of human experience, Bront s Jane Eyre reinforces the significance of resilience. To what extent does your interpretation of Jane Eyre support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to the novel. 7 In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate an informed understanding of the ideas expressed in the text evaluate the text s language, content and construction organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 5 Drama Henrik Ibsen, A Doll s House (20 marks) Through its portrayal of human experience, Ibsen s A Doll s House reinforces the significance of attachment. To what extent does your interpretation of A Doll s House support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to the play. Question 6 Film Orson Welles, Citizen Kane (20 marks) Through its portrayal of human experience, Welles Citizen Kane reinforces the significance of perseverance. To what extent does your interpretation of Citizen Kane support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to the film. 8 Question 7 Poetry (20 marks) (a) William Butler Yeats, W B Yeats: Poems selected by Seamus Heaney Through its portrayal of human experience, Yeats poetry reinforces the significance of desire. To what extent does your interpretation of Yeats poetry support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO poems set for study. The prescribed poems are: William Butler Yeats, W B Yeats: Poems selected by Seamus Heaney * An Irish Airman * When You Are Old * Among School Children * The Wild Swans at Coole * Leda and the Swan * The Second Coming * Easter 1916 OR (b) Gwen Harwood, Selected Poems Through its portrayal of human experience, Harwood s poetry reinforces the significance of memory. To what extent does your interpretation of Harwood s poetry support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO poems set for study. The prescribed poems are: Gwen Harwood, Selected Poems * Father and Child (Parts I and II) * The Violets * At Mornington * A Valediction * Triste Triste * The Sharpness of Death * Mother Who Gave Me Life OR Question 7 continues on page 10 9 In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate an informed understanding of the ideas expressed in the text evaluate the text s language, content and construction organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 7 (continued) (c) Kenneth Slessor, Selected Poems Through its portrayal of human experience, Slessor s poetry reinforces the significance of remembrance. To what extent does your interpretation of Slessor s poetry support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO poems set for study. The prescribed poems are: Kenneth Slessor, Selected Poems * Out of Time * Five Bells * Sleep * Five Visions of Captain Cook * Sensuality * Elegy In A Botanical Garden * Beach Burial End of Question 7 10 Question 8 Nonfiction Essays (20 marks) Through their portrayal of human experience, the Orwell essays you have studied reinforce the significance of idealism. To what extent does your interpretation of these essays support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO essays set for study. The prescribed texts are: George Orwell George Orwell: Essays * Why I Write * Notes on Nationalism * Good Bad Books * The Sporting Spirit * Politics and the English Language * Writers and Leviathan Question 9 Nonfiction Speeches (20 marks) Through their portrayal of human experience, the speeches you have studied reinforce the significance of justice. To what extent does your interpretation of these speeches support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO speeches set for study. The prescribed speeches are: * * * * * * * Margaret Atwood Spotty-Handed Villainesses, 1994 Paul Keating Funeral Service of the Unknown Australian Soldier, 1993 Noel Pearson An Australian History for Us All, 1996 Aung San Suu Kyi Keynote Address at the Beijing World Conference on Women, 1995 Faith Bandler Faith, Hope and Reconciliation, 1999 William Deane It is Still Winter at Home, 1999 Anwar Sadat Speech to the Israeli Knesset, 1977 11 Section III Module C: Representation and Text 20 marks Attempt either Question 10 or Question 11 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of and evaluate the relationship between representation and meaning organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 10 Elective 1: Conflicting Perspectives (20 marks) Analyse the ways conflicting perspectives generate diverse and provocative insights. In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: Shakespearean Drama William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar Prose Fiction David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars Drama Peter Whelan, The Herbal Bed Film Barry Levinson, Wag the Dog Poetry Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters * Fulbright Scholars * The Shot * The Minotaur * Sam * Your Paris * Red Nonfiction Geoffrey Robertson, The Justice Game * The Trials of Oz * Michael X on Death Row * The Romans in Britain * The Prisoner of Venda * Show Trials * Diana in the Dock: Does Privacy Matter? * Afterword: The Justice Game OR 12 Question 11 Elective 2: History and Memory (20 marks) Analyse the ways history and memory generate compelling and unexpected insights. In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts Peter Carey, The True History of the Kelly Gang Film Stephen Frears, The Queen Poetry Denise Levertov,Selected Poems * Ways of Conquest * Don t You Hear That Whistle Blowin . . . * In Thai Binh (Peace) Province * A Time Past * Libation * A Letter to Marek About a Photograph * The Pilots Nonfiction Mark Raphael Baker, The Fiftieth Gate Multimedia Smithsonian National Museum of American History September 11 website, http://americanhistory.si.edu/september11/ End of paper 13 BLANK PAGE 14 BLANK PAGE 15 BLANK PAGE 16 Board of Studies NSW 2009

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