AQA A Level English Literature A Paper 2A June 2025 question paper

Up the Line to Death – ed. Brian Gardner

‘The most powerful poems focus on passive endurance rather than active combat.’

Examine this view of the anthology.

You must write about at least two poems in your answer.

Up the Line to Death – ed. Brian Gardner

Examine the significance of fate and chance in Up the Line to Death.

You must write about at least two poems in your answer.

Scars Upon My Heart – ed. Catherine Reilly

Examine the view that the poets in this anthology present men as victims rather than heroes.

You must write about at least two poems in your answer.

Scars Upon My Heart – ed. Catherine Reilly

Examine the view that, in this anthology, women never challenge male authority.

You must write about at least two poems in your answer.

Explore the significance of team spirit and shared values in this extract.

Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed analysis of the ways that Harris shapes meanings.

Compare the significance of team spirit and shared values 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, at least one of which must be a text written post-2000.

Oh! What a Lovely War – Joan Littlewood

‘This is a play about politics rather than the war itself.’

Examine this view of Oh! What a Lovely War.

Oh! What a Lovely War – Joan Littlewood

‘ Oh! What a Lovely War conveys its anti-war message more powerfully through props, images and slides than through spoken language.’

Examine this view.

Journey’s End – R C Sherriff

‘Osborne can never stop being the teacher.’

In the light of this view, examine the presentation of Osborne in Journey’s End.

Journey’s End – R C Sherriff

Examine the significance of loyalty in Journey’s End.

Explore the significance of team spirit and shared values in this extract.

Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed analysis of the ways that Harris shapes meanings.

Compare the significance of team spirit and shared values 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 prose text written post-2000 and one poetry text in your response.

You must write about at least two poems.

Regeneration – Pat Barker

Examine the significance of Craiglockhart Hospital as a setting in Regeneration.

Regeneration – Pat Barker

‘In Regeneration, trauma is never cured or overcome.’

Examine this view.

Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks

Examine the significance of Faulks’ representation of the Somme in Birdsong.

Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks

‘The women in Birdsong are crucial to Faulks’ representation of war.’

Examine this view.

Explore the significance of team spirit and shared values in this extract.

Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed analysis of the ways that Harris shapes meanings.

Compare the significance of team spirit and shared values 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 the drama text written post-2000 (The Wipers Times) and one poetry text in your response.

You must write about at least two poems.