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    Component 3: Unseen Texts - Section A: Unseen prose — Eduqas A-Level English Literature

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    1. Section A requires candidates to respond to one question from a choice of two.
    2. Each question will offer an unseen prose passage for analysis.
    3. Question 1 will take a prose passage from the period 1880-1910.
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    1. Question 2 will take a prose passage from the period 1918-1939.
    2. In their analysis of the unseen prose passage, candidates must focus their response on how meanings are shaped.
    3. In addition, they must give some consideration to relevant contexts and how texts may be read in more than one way.
    4. A set of brief supporting contextual and critical extracts will accompany each prose passage to help candidates consider the significance and influence of contexts and other readers' views.
    5. In preparation for this section, learners should be given the opportunity to read a wide range of prose from the defined periods above.
    6. Learners will need to show an understanding of the ways a variety of contexts can influence texts and also how texts may be read in more than one way.

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