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the\"Generic guidance for the extended essay\"section inthis guide.  \n# What is distinctive about an extended essay in language A?\n\nAn extended essay in language A analyses one or more texts to explore both the effects that the text(s)achieve and the devices the text(s)use to create these effects.It invites you to:  \n·  produce an in-depth study of a topic in language and/or literature  \n·   undertake independent literary criticism  \n·  engage with established critical commentary on the text(s)and/or literary theory through textualanalysis.  \nAn extended essay in language A must be based on one or more cearly defined text(s),such as:  \n·  a study of a single literary or language text,originally written in the language in which the essay iswritten  \n·  a comparative study of more than one literary or language text  \n·  a comparative study of a literary and a language text.  \nWhen planning a comparative essay,at least one of the primary texts must have been originally written inthe language in which the essay is presented,and for which the essay is registered.The other text(s)may bein translation.  \nNote:An extended essay in language A must be written in the language for which it is registered.You arenot allowed to submit a language A extended essay in the language of your language B subject.  \nAlso,extended essays submitted in language A cannot be based on a text studied as part of your studies inthe language and literature course.However,you can base your essay on a different text(s)by an authoryou have studied during the course.  \n## Choosing a topic\n\nKey requirements  \n·  The topic of an extended essay in language A must be related to the target literature and/or language,and be based on one or more texts.  \n·  You may choose as your topic a social,politicalor philosophical issue arising from the text(s):the focusmust be a literature-or language-based analysis of how the text(s)treat the issue.  \n·  The text(s)should not be used as documentary evidence to support the issue;rather,the issue mustbe discussed within a literary context.  \nChoosing a topic that simply applies a generic or theoretical convention to a text is self-limiting,andwill not yield the kind of in-depth,critical,literary analysis expected.An example of such a self-limitingtopic might be \"How does the Harry Potter series reveal the Hero's Journey?\".  \nThe texts you choose for your topic must have sufficient literary merit.They should be of sufficientstylistic originality and complexity to sustain in-depth analysis of content,themes,genre and literarydevices,using subject-specific methods and terminology.  \n## Types of text\n\nTexts can include one or more of the following:novels;poems;stories;plays;pieces of non-fiction;images(like print advertisements or photojournalism);extracts;media texts such as newspaper articles,advertisingcampaigns,radio and television programmes and their scripts;films;songs;electronic texts such as video-sharing websites and 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