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Unit 2 – Place in Literary Texts (AS Level) flashcards

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How is OxfordAQA 9675 Unit 2 (Place in Literary Texts) set out?: 2 hours, open book (clean copies), 50 marks: 50% of the International AS and 20% of the A-level. Section A an essay on a prose text (25), Section B an essay on a poetry selection (25).
Which prose texts are set for 9675 Unit 2 Section A?: One of Heart of Darkness, The Great Gatsby, Americanah, Small Island, Last Man in Tower and The Remains of the Day.
Name some angles on "place" that a Unit 2 essay can explore.: Specific locations; the setting in place and time; the natural world; social identity and class; place as a setting for relationships; place as a political space; home and homeland; the language used for place.
Why should a Unit 2 essay range beyond geography?: "Place" is left deliberately open, so strong essays use several angles, such as class, home or politics, not location alone.

Which poets are set for 9675 Unit 2 Section B?: A selection by one of William Wordsworth, Robert Frost, Thomas Hardy or Seamus Heaney.
How do poets use the natural world to explore place?: Landscape can carry beauty, memory or loss, or show its despoliation, and often reflects the speaker's feelings or a wider social change.
How should you prepare for an open-book poetry essay?: Know the selection well enough to find strong evidence quickly across several poems, and have links between poems ready by theme and method.
What is a lyric poem?: A short poem expressing a single speaker's thoughts and feelings, often about a moment, place or memory.