Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 2: Prose June 2023 question paper 9ET0/02

Answer ONE question on the texts you have studied.

Begin your answer on page 5.

Childhood

Texts

Pre-1900: What Maisie Knew, Henry James; Hard Times, Charles Dickens Post-1900: Atonement, Ian McEwan; The Color Purple, Alice Walker

EITHER

Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present characters who make important choices. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts explore the roles of children. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Colonisation and its Aftermath

Texts

Pre-1900: Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain Post-1900: A Passage to India, E M Forster; The Lonely Londoners, Sam Selvon

EITHER

Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present journeys. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts resolve their narratives. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Crime and Detection

Texts

Pre-1900: Lady Audley’s Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon; The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins Post-1900: In Cold Blood, Truman Capote; The Murder Room, P D James

EITHER

Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts make use of violence in their narratives. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present love. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Science and Society

Texts

Pre-1900: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley; The War of the Worlds, H G Wells Post-1900: Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro; The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood

EITHER

Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts explore death in their narratives. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present the experience of learning. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

The Supernatural

Texts

Pre-1900: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde; Dracula, Bram Stoker Post-1900: The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters; Beloved, Toni Morrison

EITHER

Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts explore loss. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present supernatural beings or events. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Women and Society

Texts

Pre-1900: Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë; Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy Post-1900: Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf; A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini

EITHER

Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present characters who help others. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts make use of settings. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.