Paper+2+Essay




 * Exam Time: 2 Hours HL; 1.5 Hours SL **
 * Percentage: 25% **

 Literary devices Historical context Critical reception Personal context
 * Exam Details: **
 * The exam will have six questions based on the types of texts studied in part 3 (Texts and Contexts). __You will answer only 1 question.__
 * You will write a complete essay, demonstrating your understanding of the texts you studied in class.
 * You must use __both__ of the texts we studied in class in your essay.
 * You must analyze the texts for the way in which the contexts of production and reception affect their meaning.
 * Your essay must pay particular attention to the creation of meaning in the texts via:

(Language and Literature Guide 40)
 * Example Questions: **
 * How can we explain the continued interest in a particular work in different contexts and at different times?
 * What do you think of the assertion that the meaning of a text is fixed and does not change over time?
 * If beauty is a relative term, how do one or more of the works you have studied explore this idea?
 * How valid is the assertion that literature is a voice for the oppressed?
 * To what extent do male and female literary characters accurately reflect the role of men and women in society?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">To what purpose do authors sometimes choose not to follow a chronological sequence of events in their literary works?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Do works of literary merit both reflect the spirit of the time and challenge it?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Which social groups are omitted from a text, and what might this reflect about its production?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">What do you think of the assertion that the meaning of a text is fixed and does not change over time?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">How does a particular term or concept, such as childhood, change in the way it is represented in the texts you have studied?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">How is our critical perspective on literary texts affected by cultural practices?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">To what purpose do authors sometimes choose not to follow a chronological sequence of events in their literary works?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">How valid is the assertion that literature is a voice of the oppressed?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">To what extent is the critical approach taken to the analysis of a text itself influenced by specific cultural practices?

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Language and Literature Guide 47)
 * <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Criterion A || <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Knowledge and Understanding || <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">5 marks ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Criterion B || <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Response to the Question || <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">5 marks ||
 * <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Criterion C || <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Understanding of the Use and Effects of Stylistic Features || <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">5 marks ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Criterion D || <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Organization and Development || <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">5 marks ||
 * <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Criterion E || <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Language || <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">5 marks ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Total ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">25 marks ** ||

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