Pearson Edexcel As level GCE Advance Subsidiary In English Literature
(8ET0) Paper 2: Prose QP & MS June 2024
, Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Friday 24 May 2024
Morning (Time: 1 hour 15 minutes) Paper
reference 8ETO/02
English Literature
T0/02 ■ ■
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 2: Prose
Total Marks
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P72928A
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, Answer ONE question on your chosen texts, one of which must be pre-1900.
Begin your answer on page 8.
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Childhood
Texts
Pre-1900: What Maisie Knew, Henry James; Hard Times, Charles Dickens
Post-1900: Atonement, Ian McEwan; The Color Purple, Alice Walker
1 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present characters
who behave immaturely.
In your answer you must consider the following:
• the writers’ methods
• links between the texts
• relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 1 = 44 marks)
OR
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2 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present parenthood.
In your answer you must consider the following:
• the writers’ methods
• links between the texts
• relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 2 = 44 marks)
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, Answer ONE question on your chosen texts, one of which must be pre-1900.
Begin your answer on page 8.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Colonisation and its Aftermath
Texts
Pre-1900: Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
Post-1900: Home Fire, Kamila Shamsie; The Lonely Londoners, Sam Selvon
3 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present fear.
In your answer you must consider the following:
• the writers’ methods
• links between the texts
• relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 3 = 44 marks)
OR
4 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present the dangers
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
of misunderstanding.
In your answer you must consider the following:
• the writers’ methods
• links between the texts
• relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 4 = 44 marks)
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
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(8ET0) Paper 2: Prose QP & MS June 2024
, Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Friday 24 May 2024
Morning (Time: 1 hour 15 minutes) Paper
reference 8ETO/02
English Literature
T0/02 ■ ■
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 2: Prose
Total Marks
Turn over
P72928A
©2024 Pearson Education Ltd.
F:1/1/1/1/
, Answer ONE question on your chosen texts, one of which must be pre-1900.
Begin your answer on page 8.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Childhood
Texts
Pre-1900: What Maisie Knew, Henry James; Hard Times, Charles Dickens
Post-1900: Atonement, Ian McEwan; The Color Purple, Alice Walker
1 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present characters
who behave immaturely.
In your answer you must consider the following:
• the writers’ methods
• links between the texts
• relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 1 = 44 marks)
OR
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
2 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present parenthood.
In your answer you must consider the following:
• the writers’ methods
• links between the texts
• relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 2 = 44 marks)
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
2
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, Answer ONE question on your chosen texts, one of which must be pre-1900.
Begin your answer on page 8.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Colonisation and its Aftermath
Texts
Pre-1900: Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
Post-1900: Home Fire, Kamila Shamsie; The Lonely Londoners, Sam Selvon
3 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present fear.
In your answer you must consider the following:
• the writers’ methods
• links between the texts
• relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 3 = 44 marks)
OR
4 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present the dangers
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
of misunderstanding.
In your answer you must consider the following:
• the writers’ methods
• links between the texts
• relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 4 = 44 marks)
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
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