AQA A-level ENGLISH LITERATURE B 7717/1B Paper 1B: Literary genres: Asp| QUESTION PAPER & MARKING SCHEME| [MERGED] Marking scheme June 2023 | ects of comedy

AQA A-level ENGLISH LITERATURE B 7717/1B Paper 1B: Literary genres: Aspects of comedy Version: 1.0 Final IB/G/Jun23/E4 7717/1B Wednesday 24 May 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 12-page answer book. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7717/1B. • Answer one question from Section A, one question from Section B and one question from Section C. • You may answer on the same Shakespeare play in Sections A and B. • For Section C, you must write about two texts, at least one of which must be a pre-1900 drama text. • Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 75. • You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. • In your response you need to: – analyse carefully the writers’ methods – explore the contexts of the texts you are writing about – explore connections across the texts you have studied – explore different interpretations of your texts. A-level ENGLISH LITERATURE B