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A Level Practice Questions for Non-Extract Questions Modern Times: what the specification saysAlthough not an exhaustive list of aspects of Modern times, areas that can usefully be explored include: wars and the legacy of wars; personal and social identity; changing morality and social structures; gender, class, race and ethnicity; political upheaval and change; resistance and rebellion; imperialism, post-imperialism and nationalism; engagement with the social, political, personal and literary issues which have helped to shape the latter half of the 20th century and the early decades of the 21st century.Handmaid’s Tale and Top GirlsQuestions take this form 'Critical quotation about modern literature'Compare the significance of THEME RAISED BY CRITICAL QUOTATION?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.?Examples, with ‘critical quotation’ and (theme)'Modern literature is defined by the struggle for identity.' (identity)'Modern literature presents isolated characters as profoundly damaged' (isolation) - that's the specimen paper, from memory'In modern literature, the personal is always political.' (politics)'Nowhere is the ethical dimension of modern literature more apparent than in the literature of the oppressed' (morality)'Modern literature is primarily concerned?with the solitary individual' (the individual)‘Power is presented as something one claims, rather than something that is given (power)‘Modern literature is often bleak, presenting a word without hope’ (hope)‘Modern literature suggests that acts of rebellion keep us sane’ (rebellion)‘Modern literature teaches us that a successful society needs dissenters as much as it needs those who comply (resistance)‘In Modern literature, women always have to make sacrifices in order to survive in a patriarchal society’ (gender)‘Modern literature challenges the view that progress provides equal opportunities for all’ (changing social structures)‘Modern literature is haunted by images of war and violence’ (war)‘Modern literature depicts characters who are alienated from the country or state in which they live’ (nationalism)‘Modern literature reminds us that we are all a product of the societies in which we live’ (social identity)Feminine GospelsExamine the view that ‘transformation is the key theme’ of Duffy’s collection.Examine the view that the collection shows us clearly what women most want.‘Duffy’s collection is full of sound and fury that deafens not delights’. Examine this view.Examine the view that the collection explores the joys and responsibilities of sisterhood.Examine the view that love is the most important theme in the collection. Examine the view that the poems after ‘Laughter of SGH’ have nothing in common with the poems that precede it.‘Duffy’s poetry is always rooted on the muck and mulch of real experience’. Examine this view. ‘The title of the collection suggests Duffy’s agenda is to challenge traditional male ideas about the “gospel truth”.’ Examine this view.Examine the view that this collection ‘excludes men as subjects and makes no attempt to engage them as readers’.Examine the view that Duffy’s purpose is to rewrite history from a female perspective.‘Duffy is a naughty poet.’ Examine this view of the collection.Examine the view that Duffy subverts our expectations of language and poetry.Love through the Ages: what the specification says Although not an exhaustive list of aspects of Love through the ages, areas that can usefully be explored include: romantic love of many kinds; love and sex; love and loss; social conventions and taboos; love through the ages according to history and time; love through the ages according to individual lives (young love, maturing love); jealousy and guilt; truth and deception; proximity and distance; marriage; approval and disapproval.Love through the Ages: The Great Gatsby OR The Awakening AND Pre-1900 PoetryCompare how the authors of two texts you have studied present ideas about pare how the authors of two texts you have studied present barriers to pare how the authors of two texts you have studied present pare how the authors of two texts you have studied present love and pare how the authors of two texts you have studied present the deceptive nature of pare how the authors of two texts you have studied present love as a struggle for pare how the authors of two texts you have studied present marriage as a trap as well as a pare how the authors of two texts you have studied present the pains and pleasures of love. ................
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