QCE English & Literature ExtensionPractice Examination 10

This paper covers

• Unseen literary text — original Australian absurdist theatrical extract
• Text-centred theoretical approach: structuralism (binary oppositions, sign systems, theatrical codes)
• World-context-centred theoretical approach: postcolonial and feminist theory (power, marginalisation, identity, ideology)
• Close reading: how dramatic language, stage directions, repetition, reversal, and absurdist form construct meaning
• Evaluation and synthesis of theoretical productivity and limits across both approaches
• Scholarly register, literary-critical metalanguage, and extended academic writing conventions
• Units 3 and 4: Ways of reading and Exploration and evaluation
• ISMG criteria 1–4 (Understanding and analysis; Understanding and application of theories; Evaluation and synthesis; Controlling textual features)

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.