Ruling on kufriyat in GCSE Exam

[ghulamRasool]

This is an aside question. I did ask a similar question a while back but I think that was answered in the context of quoting evolution in exams.
But here, in england, Children sit their GCSE's (age 16). For their english literature exams they have to read a few books, I had to study A christmas carol by dickens and macbeth by shakespeare, and a couple of other things as well.
Then in exams children are given a small extract (about less than a page) from those books and a question such as "How does Dickens present the ghosts in the extract and the novella as a whole?" or "how does shakespeare present the theme of ambition in this extract and the play as a whole?" "how does shakespeake present the theme of the supernatural in the extract and the play as a whole?" or etc
The normal structure for answering these questions is the following: you make a point, you use quotes from the books, you analyse the language and the deeper meaning, then you link to the historical context, explain the effect on the modern and contemporary reader and talk about the linguistic and structual techniques employed etc. You can search up things like "aqa english literature paper 1" for example past papers after 2017. Each question is supposed to take about 45 minutes to answer.
I have heard from scholars that it isn't allowed to quote without refuting the kufr. So how would one go about answering these types of questions. They are not asking you for your opinion.
For example, this is an answer which got full marks for a christmas carol. The question was "How does dickens present poverty in the extract and the novella as a whole". The extract that the students were given was the part about ignorance and want. Here are the screenshots of that answer. Would it be permissible to write things like this and would it also be permissible to open a tution centre teaching people english literature if this is the kind of stuff you have to teach. Honestly, you can probably imagine the kind of things you have to write for macbeth. I remember being taught machiavelianism, about king james book which he wrote on the witches, of course the historical context, feminism, they taught us against patriarchy etc.
How should one answer?

 

[mustafathehanafi]

سلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
I hope youre well
Apologies that I may have responded later than anticipated, only saw this now.

Ive done GCSE's last year, and what i did was that I'd ascribe these beliefs to the authors and not to us. For example, "Dickens symbolises ignorance and want as xyz, thereby showing xyz".

A question that can come up in the RE Edexcel GCSE paper is "Hajj is not necessary in our time"

The structure of answering these questions [12/15 Mark questions] is that you have an introduction, 2 points supporting the statement, two points against the statement and a conclusion

I asked a couple shuyūkh on this matter and they said that I dont ascribe the kufr to muslims [i.e i dont say "some Muslims may say that hajj is not necessary in our times", but rather say "some may believe that hajj is not necessary", with the niyyah that the "some" mentioned are referring to kuffar and not Muslims]. Furthermore, I would advise in writing the "supporting statement" paragraph first, then the against [i.e. refuting] paragraph, to maintain a "qawl radd" [refutation of a statement] format.

Hope this benefits

 

[sherkhan]

Ive done GCSE's last year, and what i did was that I'd ascribe these beliefs to the authors and not to us.

Why would you or anyone take GCSE/A-Level Religious Studies? It's an elective, not a compulsory subject.

Knowing that it is a minefield, shouldn't such courses be avoided in the first place?

 

[mustafathehanafi]

good questions

firstly, not all schools have made GCSE RE elective, in fact quite a lot of schools have made it a compulsory subject to study [including science, eng lit & lang, maths]. Furthermore, some schools choose your GCSEs for you based on your reports from KS3 [year 7-9]. As in regards to a levels, I didnt choose RS, and im unfamiliar about the content in RS at a levels.

Secondly, yes such courses should be avoided, although I do have to specify that this is exclusive to the Edexcel examination board and other boards such as AqA [popular for science & maths], OCR [popular for criminology and science], Eduqas, Wjec, etc differ in question styles and content.

 

[Waqar786]

I teach English literature and like the other poster said, the answer requires you to interpret the writer's purpose and your analysis of if is linked to that.

This is an aside question. I did ask a similar question a while back but I think that was answered in the context of quoting evolution in exams.
But here, in england, Children sit their GCSE's (age 16). For their english literature exams they have to read a few books, I had to study A christmas carol by dickens and macbeth by shakespeare, and a couple of other things as well.
Then in exams children are given a small extract (about less than a page) from those books and a question such as "How does Dickens present the ghosts in the extract and the novella as a whole?" or "how does shakespeare present the theme of ambition in this extract and the play as a whole?" "how does shakespeake present the theme of the supernatural in the extract and the play as a whole?" or etc
The normal structure for answering these questions is the following: you make a point, you use quotes from the books, you analyse the language and the deeper meaning, then you link to the historical context, explain the effect on the modern and contemporary reader and talk about the linguistic and structual techniques employed etc. You can search up things like "aqa english literature paper 1" for example past papers after 2017. Each question is supposed to take about 45 minutes to answer.
I have heard from scholars that it isn't allowed to quote without refuting the kufr. So how would one go about answering these types of questions. They are not asking you for your opinion.
For example, this is an answer which got full marks for a christmas carol. The question was "How does dickens present poverty in the extract and the novella as a whole". The extract that the students were given was the part about ignorance and want. Here are the screenshots of that answer. Would it be permissible to write things like this and would it also be permissible to open a tution centre teaching people english literature if this is the kind of stuff you have to teach. Honestly, you can probably imagine the kind of things you have to write for macbeth. I remember being taught machiavelianism, about king james book which he wrote on the witches, of course the historical context, feminism, they taught us against patriarchy etc.

I teach English literature and a lot of the texts you have mentioned will make allusions to Biblical references and folklore. The essays don't require you to give your opinion, it's how you interpret the writer's purpose. Like the other poster said, it's ascribed to the author.