Hi again Tim, Would Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants' count as a whole literary work for the purposes of the I.O? Or would students need to support a whole-work discussion with examples from other stories? Thank you, Patricia
Individual oralHi Tim, That's a great idea, thank you. I also tend to find that less recent texts are not as controversial so going all the way back to Greek Tragedies makes sense! Kind regards Briony
RequirementsHi Briony, In these situations, you might consider Greek tragedies. Antigone could be quite powerful and connect well to the other works you are studying. Maybe Oedipus Rex would be something that might work. I...
RequirementsHi David, While in studying A Doll's House we will definitely be needing to have discussion surrounding gender, sexuality and politics, it is less explicitly stated than in other texts. Therefore, I feel that we can approach...
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TipsHi Jeremy, It depends. I think a better approach would be to integrate them all if and when it makes sense (about the challenge to patriarchal construction of female identity and power). But that also might be overwhelming for the...
TipsGood afternoon gentlemen, I have a pupil writing the HL Essay, and he is looking at 3 Carol Ann Duffy poems. He is asking me the following: Should I do 3 body paragraphs one for each poem? How should...
TipsHi Briony, Can I ask a couple of questions, please? You mention, Ibsen's A Doll's House, a work that includes concerns for gender, sexuality, and politics; why, in your view, is this work likely to be approved? Can you tell...
RequirementsHi there, I am looking for a recommendation for a second text in translation for my HL students. We are a new IB school in Libya and there are some restrictions from the government on what we are able to teach in class which...
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Site authorHi Patricia, I don't think so. It's my understanding that this is a short story, not a novel. For that reason, the student would need to refer to other short stories for the discussion of the wider literary body of work portion of...
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