This book is an excellent example of "Comparative Essay Analysis" in the IBDP Chinese A course. The Chinese A course includes literature courses and language and literature courses. The examination for comparative essay analysis is Paper 2. At the same time, the newly opened literature and performance course also has a comparative essay analysis assessment, so this book is widely applicable.


This book selects more than ten high-scoring works of comparative essay analysis, covering more than ten topic angles. Under each topic, there are comparisons of works of the same genre, such as prose and prose, as well as comparisons of different genres, such as prose and poetry, novels and dramas, etc.


The author has detailed comments after each essay, pointing out the outstanding parts of the essay and the key points that students can learn from. At the same time, he also points out areas that can be improved.