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- An interesting idea, Viktoria, and the student seems to have a sound and methodical approach. However, in my view, this would have to be in Cat.3, since it is based on literary works (the two poems concerned). Certainly, the analysis would...
- Hello David,I’d appreciate your thoughts on my student’s topic for her EE – Cat 1. Language (Language B)She’d like to analyze the way Victorian nonsense poetry works and how we are able to interpret it. The poem she picked is Uffia...
- Thanks a lot David. I'll persuade her to change it, see what happens... Again, thank you very much.
- No, you can't mix categories, Noemi, it has to be one or the other. It's the fundamental approach that matters. For Cat.2B, the songs would be considered documentary evidence (even if you use some lit.crit. techniques to analyse them); whereas...