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Quick questions on AO5: exploring different interpretations - Eduqas A-Level English Literature
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What is treat the text as open?Show answer
Underlying AO5 is a stance: the text is open to more than one defensible reading, and your job is to explore that openness, not to deliver a single "correct" meaning. This stance is what lets you respond to a stated view ("the play offers no clear judgement on its hero") by testing it against alternatives and reaching a position, rather than agreeing. AO5 and the response-to-a-view tasks are closely linked.
What is q1?Show answer
What can count as an interpretation under AO5? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What is the difference between name-dropping and exploring an interpretation? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Take "some critics read the play as feminist" and turn it into AO5 that earns marks. [short response]
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