The training goal of the master's degree in English language and literature in the School of Foreign Languages is to train graduate students with solid basic theories and systematic professional knowledge of English language and literature. They have a comprehensive and thorough understanding of the current situation and development trend of related disciplines. They should have the ability to engage in scientific research independently, and on this basis, write quality papers and publish works with independent opinions. In addition, they should master at least one second foreign language and have the ability to use computers for scientific research.
(2) Research direction
1, British and American literature British and American literature
2. Linguistics
3. ESP
(3) Education system
three years
Curriculum
1, required course:
(1) degree courses:
theory and practice of Scientific Socialism
Philosophical philosophy
second foreign language
computer application
(2) Basic degree courses:
Advanced English writing
British and American literature
linguistics
(3) degree courses:
Contemporary Western Criticism Theory and Contemporary Western Literary Criticism Practice
English poetry
semantics
Sentence syntax
pragmatics
Teaching evaluation and testing
English discourse analysis
Applied linguistics applied linguistics
second foreign language
Forums and Lectures
2. Elective courses (according to different research directions):
Culture and Language Language and Culture
Sentence syntax
semantics
pragmatics
applied linguistics
Lexical semantics in English semantics
Sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics
psycholinguistics
Translation Theory and Practice Translation
Teaching evaluation and testing
20th century English literature
American literature in the 20th century
English discourse analysis
Lexical semantics in English semantics
3. Internship
4. Social practice activities
Teaching and training methods
There are many ways of teaching and training this major: first, the tutor teaches systematically; Second, the tutor answers questions regularly; The third is to organize special lectures, which are taught by tutors and master students in turn; The fourth is to organize master students to participate in the tutor's research project.
(6) Performance evaluation
The course learning assessment is carried out by closing the book, opening the book or writing a special paper; Scores can be calculated by percentage, and can also be divided into excellent (90-100), good (80 -89), fair (70 -79), passing (60 -69) and failing five points. The passing standard of compulsory courses is "medium" and the passing standard of elective courses is "pass"; Only more than two-thirds of the degree courses are excellent can you participate in the thesis defense.
(7) Writing papers
1, the fourth semester is over, and the topic is determined under the guidance of the tutor.
2. The topic and content of the paper should have certain theoretical value and application value, and be creative and cutting-edge.
3, the text is generally not less than 30 thousand words, 2000 words in foreign language abstract, 800 words in Chinese abstract.
4. The layout of the cover, abstracts, text, appendices and references of the paper must conform to the internationally accepted academic paper norms, and all annotation codes must indicate: ① country (or era), ② author (or translator), ③ title, ④ volume number (chapter), ⑤ page number, ⑤ publishing house and ⑤ place of publication; Otherwise, you can't participate in the defense.
In order to facilitate reading, the spacing of papers should be looser, and the fourth word or the fourth word should be used.
(eight) thesis defense and degree awarding
1, thesis defense
(1) Dissertation is submitted to the National Defense Commission by the author himself and distributed to the National Defense Commission by the Minister of National Defense.
(2) Before the defense of the master's degree thesis, two (or more) experts with the title of associate professor (or above) should be invited to review.
(3) The defense committee consists of 4-5 professors (or researchers), associate professors (or associate researchers) related to the selected topic. The defense committee elects a defense chairman, and the respondent's tutor and deputy tutor cannot serve as the defense chairman. After the defense, the defense committee votes and the defense chairman signs the defense resolution.
2. Degree conferring
After the thesis is approved by two thirds (or more) of the defense committee, the defense committee may recommend that the degree applied by the respondent be awarded.