not too sure what dural is, but when stating traditional values and that stuff, you're allowed to assume reader's knowledge. Like for Frankenstein their aspirations for scientific enlightenment stem from enlightenment beliefs.
"traditional and also contemporary" - i assume you mean if they...
I'm sure you could be like, "challenging traditional contemporary understandings of blah blah blah",
or you could suffer through it :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
So from 2019, it was a "to what extent" and personal understanding question about aspiration and acceptance.
A student band 6 sample from NESA did use "my understanding" repeatedly, so while i do agree it seems colloquial, they must accept it due to the nature of the question.
there's like 6 possible texts, some schools haven't even done godot, so unless its asking to refer to a passage for the question, like last year, then probably not.
memorising is kinda crazy and like you said is pretty useless
Best thing to do is have like a "blanket statement" for your intros, which addresses general core aspects of the rubric e.g. common mod -> human experiences, ModA -> literary conversation of original and adaptation, ModB ->...
For worlds of upheaval I'm thinking it'll likely be something specific, probably addressing some aspect of "individuals and communities seeking unity, certainty, solace, justice or restoration in periods of significant social and political change and upheaval.", as this hasn't been asked yet...