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Language A: Language and literature (generic)
IB DP Category 1
Stockholm, Sweden, 20 - 22 September 2024
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English A: Literature
IB DP Category 1
Online (IB Approved), 4 - 6 October 2024
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Virtual Think-Ins
The Individual Oral in DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature
Virtual Think-In, 5 June 2024
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The Extended Essay in DP Language A
Virtual Think-In, 13 June 2024
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Writing Well for DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature Examinations
Virtual Think-In, 14 June 2024
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- Hi Carolyn,I suppose someone speaking from a poststructuralist persuasion would say 'all texts'. They would have a point and they would, quite deliberately, refer to 'texts' rather than 'works'.Duffy's work is often overtly intertextual. Some...
- Hi Carolyn,What's your motivation for suggesting that they 'belong' to time and space? Are you hesitant, and if so why? Almost all works can 'belong' to each area of exploration, although perhaps some move obviously than others. I know...
- Hi Ryan,Song lyrics are always considered 'literary', whether or not the artist is on the PRL. I understand that studying an album as a form of self-contained work could provide excellent materials for study. In a sense, I don't see why you...
- Hi David and Tim! I would like to ask your opinion on these texts: Antigone by Sophocles and Great Expectations by Dickens. Do they belong in "Time and Space"? or if not, could you please give sample literary work under this area...