English Literature GCSE
Contemporary Audience
What Contemporary Audience means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Contemporary Audience
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The people who read or watched the text at the time it was first published or performed.
The audience that existed at the time the text was written or first published.
Topics that use Contemporary Audience
- Understanding the Relationship Between a Text and its Context (AO3) – Component 1 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Understanding the Relationship Between a Text and its Context (AO3) – Component 2 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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Using Contemporary Audience in the exam
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