Swedish A subject report · May 2014

May 2014 extended essay reports Page 1 SWEDISH A Overall grade boundaries Grade: E D C B A Mark range: 0-7 8-15 16-22 23-28 29-36 The range and suitability of the work submitted This session the number of Category 3 essays increased slightly. The se were often more focused and str uctured than in previous session, but there is still an issue with research questions being too broad, making them difficult to address effectively within the word limit of the essay. Many essays this session looked at well-known themes such as motifs in A strid Lindgren´s works and the theme of evil and other features of Guillou´s “Ondskan”. The number of category 2 essays comparing more than two literary works has increased. This is sometimes to the detriment of the focus and depth to which each piece of literature can be addressed. The most focused and creative essays tend to be on more minor details that have come from one or two literary pieces. Candidates inevitably continue to research classic authors which offer a variety of secondary sources for co nsideration during the research process. Candidates who use contemporary works tend to have more difficulties in appropriate source selection, as many sources are electronic and sometimes of dubious quality. Candidates have always explored children´s literature, and this session the number of essays dealing with this topic (literature for the youth/young adults) increased . Novels such as “Engelsforstrilogin” are sometimes not rich enough on literary features to give a good enough opportunity for a candidate to deal with in isolation and do well. Candidates need to take care in their selection, and ensure if one piece of work alone does not give sufficient scope for analysis and research on the chosen features, that