What is the emphasis about?
English Literature challenges students to read and interpret a wide range of imaginative works. This emphasis invites students to explore a variety of genres and literary periods and to write clearly about the literature they encounter. On a daily basis, it asks them to read critically, think clearly, and write concisely. By the end of the year, students have cultivated a rich understanding of literary works and acquired a set of analytical skills they will use throughout their lives.
Teachers in charge of this emphasis enjoy it because it gives them and enormous amount of freedom and the chance to engage profoundly with the literature they love.
Skills and abilities that develop.
· The ability to interpret and write about literature.
· An effective use of rhetoric, including controlling tone, maintaining a consistent voice, and achieving emphasis through parallelism and antithesis.
· Analyze the structure of a poem or story, the themes of a drama, or the style of an essay.
· Identify various literary devices, such as figurative language or imaginary, and to explain how those devices help to create meaning in a particular text.
Related careers:
Modern languages
- Linguistics
- Foreign languages and business
- Licenciatura en lenguas modernas e idiomas
- Licenciatura en docencia del idioma Inglés
- Traducción simultánea
And also you can find it applicable in some other areas:
-Medicine
- Politics
- Foreign affairs
- International commerce
- Business administration
Why does this emphasis add value to your education?
Why choose this emphasis?
It enables you to demonstrate mastery of college-level course work. You will be better prepared to take the TOEFL test in eleventh grade. In short, students in an English Literature class read actively. The works taught require careful, deliberative reading . And the approach to analyzing and interpreting the material involves students in learning how to make careful observations of textual detail, establish connections among their observations, and draw from those connections a series of inferences leading to an interpretive conclusion about the meaning and value of writing.
All students who want to strengthen their analytical thinking, reading, and writing skills belong in this emphasis. Besides it provides students with a college-learning experience and the opportunity to demonstrate their qualifications for advanced placement upon college entrance.
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