Essential terminology and foundational concepts for the IBDP Language A: Literature course, covering the three areas of exploration and key literary terms.
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Language A: Literature
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The specific IB Diploma Programme course focused on the study of literary works across various forms, periods, and genres to develop interpretative and analytical skills.
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Readers, Writers and Texts
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An Area of Exploration focusing on the interaction between the reader, the writer, and the text itself, examining why and how we study literature.
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Time and Space
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An Area of Exploration that looks at how the context of time (historical period) and space (geographical location/culture) influences the production and reception of a text.
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Intertextuality
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A literary concept describing the relationship between texts, especially how one text references, responds to, or transforms another. It involves the ways texts echo, adapt, or rework earlier works or other cultural texts.
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Literary Form
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The category or mode of a literary work (e.g., poetry, drama, prose fiction, prose non-fiction) defined by specific conventions and structural features.
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