If you choose to take the cross-examination, the first thing you need to know is what is tested in the postgraduate entrance examination of ancient Chinese literature at East China Normal University. The preliminary examination subjects include ①101 Ideological and Political Theory ②201 English 1 or 202 Russian or 203 Day ③618 Composition (A) ④847 Literary Fundamentals.
Ideology, politics and English are subjects that are usually mastered. Once you decide to skip the exam, your focus should be on the foundation of literature and the study or review preparation for 618 composition.
Among them, 847 literary foundation mainly includes the history of Chinese literature, the history of foreign literature, literary theory tutorials, Chinese contemporary literature and thirty years of modern Chinese literature, aesthetics, Chinese and Western literary theory, writers' works, etc. This suggestion You start collecting and studying now.
618 composition is usually a narrative (or prose) and an argument, one is 90 and the other is 60. The major essay requires a narrative of about 2,000 words, not poetry or argumentative essays, and accounts for 90 points. The short essay requires an argumentative essay of about 1,000 words, not poetry, and counts for 60 points. In recent years, the composition content has mainly included poems in ancient literature (requiring special review), hot issues in literary theory (requiring special review), and general public topics (the kind that everyone can talk about, no special review is required).
The postgraduate entrance examination is usually in your senior year. It is not impossible to take the postgraduate entrance examination earlier, but earlier you can complete your studies in this major under the flexible academic system and get your undergraduate diploma in advance.
With the current system in the country, your possibility of transferring is very small. If you can take elective courses from the Chinese Department of East China Normal University, you may consider it.
In order to facilitate your understanding of the postgraduate entrance examination content of East China Normal University and facilitate targeted review preparation, the 2011 professional course test questions are provided for your reference:
2011 Literature Fundamentals (A) test questions
1. Explanation of terms
Selected Works of Zhaoming, Changzhou Ci School, Crescent Poetry School, Nine-leaf Poet "University Talent School", Wandering Sentences
2. Short Answer Questions (1) , questions two and two are worth fifteen points each, questions three and four are worth ten points each)
1. Briefly analyze the literary nature of "Zuo Zhuan".
2. What is the image of Pierre Bezukhov in Tolstoy's "War and Peace"?
3. Briefly describe the theme of Cao Yu's "Thunderstorm".
4. What is literary criticism?
3. Essay questions (the first question is compulsory, worth thirty points; the second, third, and fourth questions are optional, worth twenty points each)
1. Combining literature Specific examples of works illustrate the basic characteristics of aesthetic imagery.
2. Chen Yanzhuo's "Bai Yuzhai Ci Hua" comments on Zhou Bangyan's "the end of the former collection of Su and Qin, and the beginning of the restoration of Jiang and history." Please share your opinion.
3. Combine with specific works to explain the basic characteristics of European and American Expressionist drama.
4. Please contact the novel creation of Lu Xun and Shen Congwen, and discuss the characteristics and significance of Zhao Shuli's novel creation in the 1940s.
2011 Composition (A) Test Questions
1. Big Composition
Write an essay of 1,000 to 1,200 words on the theme of "The Countryside in My Impression" article. The so-called "impression" can be one's own personal experience, or it can be the feelings obtained from various media. The article is required to be closely related to the topic and the title should be drafted by yourself.
2. Short essay (take the first question for each major in linguistics; take the second question for literature majors)
(1) Language has its humanistic side, so it can Use some methods of social science to study and analyze. Language and literature have a natural side, so they can also use some methods of natural science to study and analyze. Please combine your own reading and learning examples and write an article of 600 to 800 words with the title "A Brief Discussion on Research Methods of Language and Characters".
(2) Please read the following Tao Yuanming poem and its several different English translations, start comparison, association and thinking, and write a short essay of 600~800 words on the relationship between poetry, literature and language. . Do not write as a translation or commentary on the following verses.
I pluck chrysanthemums under the eastern hedge,
The gaze at the distant summer hills.—Tao Yuanming
— Arthur Waley
Picking chrysanthemums by the eastern hedge,
I catch sight of the distant southern hills. —James R. Hightaver
I pluck chrysanthemums under the eastern hedge,
And gaze after towards the southern mountains.——Burton Watson
Chrysanthemums by the eastern hedge I pick,
When far range the southern hill in view.——Yu Guangzhong