Serendipity Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 hey im doing my EE in English A1 and im trying to figure out a topic, i want to use a midsummer nights dream but i cant find a story to compare it to, any ideas??help please Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedron123 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 What are you planning on analysing? I can't help you unless you tell us more or less what topic do you want to do your research on. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 I agree with Hedron-- what aspect of AMND do you find most interesting? (: Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serendipity Posted March 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 thats a good question.. i was thinking of using one of the main themes of the play 'dreams' or how love unltimatly triumphs at the end, where central characters eventually unite with the ones they love. i wanted to compare one of these themes with another playwrite, movie or book.as you can tell im ridiculously confused on my EE...any help would be greatly appreciated, like really anything. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinuxBeta Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 It sounds like a decent start. For an EE of this type, you'd definately need another piece of work. The issue of dreams sounds promising, depending on what other work you chose. Don't get into too cliché topics like "love conquers all". While it worked for Shakespeare, you'd eventually get a very sappy/preachy EE. I'd suggest another book, but I am not that much of a reader anymore- IB ruined that. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedron123 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Have you thought of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman? I think you could actually do a good comparison between these two works as dreams are a central topic in both cases. If you don't like my suggestion I can still think of others literary works you could use. G'luck! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serendipity Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 do you have any other ideas? (not that i don't like that one.. ) just to see a couple of the others cause im since researching. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deissi Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hedron123: A comparison between two books written in English is not allowed in A1:The essay must be a comparison of at least one literary work originally written in the language of the essay with a literary work or works originally written in a different language to that of the essay and probably studied in translation.This means that you can do compare a book written originally in English and a book translated from any OTHER language than English. Not English vs. English. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serendipity Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 your kidding... can i compare it to a movies interpration or something similar? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deissi Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Unfortunately not. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serendipity Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 well what other things can i do?? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedron123 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Serendipity, I'll try to think up of a book in Spanish that has been translated to English that deals with this topic. I'll give you an answer tomorrow. I'm sorry for my mistake, I didn't know that you couldn't use two books that were written originally in English. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
balloon Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 What about the marital conflicts between Titania and Oberon as compared with a marital conflict depicted in a Greek myth? There are PLENTY of these (especially between Zeus and Hera) and i'm sure you could find one really similar. In this way, you could compare the similarities and differences of marital conflict (or something else) between two different cultures and periods, through an analysis of key literary works. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Hedron123: A comparison between two books written in English is not allowed in A1:This means that you can do compare a book written originally in English and a book translated from any OTHER language than English. Not English vs. English. My EE was English vs English (2006). Or is this a new 2009 guide thing? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serendipity Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 thankyou so much balloon! brilliant idea!! im going to look more into that.ozzies always have great ideas! being one myself ofcoarse haha Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deissi Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 This is 2009, Hien. It's a quote from the EE guide. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vvi Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) Taken from the 2009 guide: A group 1 extended essay should fit into one of the two following categories.Category 1The essay must be based on the literature of countries where the language is spoken (that is, all worksdiscussed will originally have been written in the language of the essay).Essays that attempt to interpret literary works as reflections of the writer’s life are rarely successful,tending to produce reductive readings based on second-hand information. Biographical topics shouldthus usually be avoided.Example question: “How is the subject of death treated in selected poems by Emily Brontëand Emily ****inson?”Category 2The essay must be a comparison of at least one literary work originally written in the language of theessay with a literary work or works originally written in a different language to that of the essay andprobably studied in translation.Example question: “In what ways do the male authors of Anna Karenina and Madame Bovaryseek to render their heroines sympathetic to the reader? How far do theysucceed?”So you should be able to write an EE on two texts that were both written in English originally. Edited March 11, 2009 by Vvi Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undertow Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 The ultimate triumph of love is a very important theme in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, and The School for Wives by Moliere. Just had to study those two works for my final exams, they're both plays, and neither is very long (at best about 60 to 70 pages). Hope this helps you Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samra Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 (edited) Hedron123: A comparison between two books written in English is not allowed in A1:This means that you can do compare a book written originally in English and a book translated from any OTHER language than English. Not English vs. English.Category 1The essay must be based on the literature of countries where the language is spoken (that is, all worksdiscussed will originally have been written in the language of the essay).Essays that attempt to interpret literary works as reflections of the writer’s life are rarely successful,tending to produce reductive readings based on second-hand information. Biographical topics shouldthus usually be avoided.Example question: “How is the subject of death treated in selected poems by Emily Brontëand Emily ****inson?”Category 2The essay must be a comparison of at least one literary work originally written in the language of theessay with a literary work or works originally written in a different language to that of the essay andprobably studied in translation.Example question: “In what ways do the male authors of Anna Karenina and Madame Bovaryseek to render their heroines sympathetic to the reader? How far do theysucceed?”So you should be able to write an EE on two texts that were both written in English originally. OK, so I'm thoroughly confused now; can I do my EE in English vs English or not? I'm class of 2010. My I'm comparing 1984 and The Giver (might change to 1984 and Animal Farm, both by George Orwell)This is highly shocking Can someone please clarify this? Edited March 24, 2009 by Samra Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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