Syllabus Outline:
Each of the syllabi – HL, SL and Self-Taught (SL only) –
contains four compulsory parts, with a varying number of studied works.
A ‘work’ is broadly defined as a single major text, two
or more shorter texts, a selection of short stories, a selection of
poems, a selection of essays or a selection of letters.
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| PART 1 |
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HL |
SL |
Self |
World Literature |
- All works studied as a group
- Each work chosen from the IB Prescribed World Literature
list (PWL) only
- All works linked by one or more aspects such as culture,
genre, theme, period, style, type of literary study, methodology
Each work originally written in a language different
from the Language
A1 studied
- Each work written by a different author
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3 works |
3 works |
3 works |
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| PART 2 |
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HL |
SL |
Self |
Detailed Study |
- Each work chosen from a different genre category on
the IB Prescribed Book List (PBL) for the Language A1
studied
- Each work written by a different author
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4 works |
2 works |
2 works |
Groups of Works |
- Language A1 works and one World Literature work studied
as a group
- All works chosen from the same genre category
- All Language A1 works chosen from PBL for the Language
A1 studied
- World Literature work ‘chosen freely’ (only
from the PBL for Self-Taught candidates) and linked at
least by genre to Language A1 works
- Each work written by a different author
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4 works
(3 PBL,
1 PWL)
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3 works
(2 PBL,
1 PWL)
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3 works
(2 PBL,
1 PWL)
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School’s Free Choice |
- Language A1 works and one World Literature work (or
three Language A1 works for Standard Level candidates)
studied as a group
- All works ‘chosen freely’ (only from the
PBL or PWL for Self-Taught candidates)
- World literature work linked to Language A1 works by
one or more aspects such as culture, genre, theme, period,
style, type of literary study, methodology
- Each work written by a different author
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4 works
(3 PBL,
1 PWL)
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3 works
(2 PBL,
1 PWL)
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3 works
(2 PBL,
1 PWL)
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Total Works |
15 |
11 |
11 |
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