Having majored in literary studies (world literature) as an undergraduate, I would now like to concentrate on English and American literature.
点评:第一段很短,开门见山的介绍了自己的专业和今后的兴趣,起到引出下文的作用。同时使阅读者不用读完全部文章,就可以知道她申请专业的目标,形式新颖,效果很好。
I am especially interested in nineteenth-century literature, women’s literature, Anglo-Saxon poetry, and folklore and folk literature. My personal literary projects have involved some combination of these subjects. For the oral section of my comprehensive exams, I specialized in nineteenth-century novels by and about women. The relationship between ‘‘high’’ and folk literature became the subject for my honors essay, which examined Toni Morrison’s use of classical, biblical, African, and Afro-American folk tradition in her novel. I plan to work further on this essay, treating Morrison’s other novels and perhaps preparing a paper suitable for publication.
点评:第二段通过介绍作者目前学习的兴趣和计划,来体现出她的专业背景。首先,她介绍了自己曾经学习研究过的文学种类,体现出了她博学的一面,其次,她把很多不同种类文学里的知识串联了起来,运用它们的共同点完成了一篇论文,这篇论文还获了奖,而且她计划继续丰富它后出版。这部分充分证明了作者活学活用的能力,可以看到不同文学种类的本质,并提取加以利用。本段看似平淡,但却在这平淡的介绍中反映出了她的很多优秀潜质。
In my studies toward a doctoral degree, I hope to examine more closely the relationship between high and folk literature. My junior year and private studies of Anglo-Saxon language and literature have caused me to consider the question of where the divisions between folklore, folk literature, and high literature lie. Should I attend your school, I would like to resume my studies of Anglo-Saxon poetry, with special attention to its folk elements.
点评:第三段作者介绍了自己博士阶段打算研究的方向,和自己学习PHD的原因。
这段是一个过度段,起到了两个作用,第一是介绍自己遇到的问题和PHD学习的目标,体现出自己继续学习的目的性和动机,使学校相信自己是一个真正的求学者。第二是起到引出下文的作用,引出从这里毕业后,今后的职业发展,和学校可以提供的帮助。
Writing poetry also figures prominently in my academic and professional goals. I have just begun submitting to the smaller journals with some success and am gradually building a working manuscript for a collection. The dominant theme of this collection relies on poems that draw from classical, biblical, and folk traditions, as well as everyday experience, in order to celebrate the process of giving and taking life, whether literal or figurative. My poetry both draws from and influences my academic studies. Much of what I read and study finds a place in my creative work as subject. At the same time, I study the art of literature by taking part in the creative process, experimenting with the tools used by other authors in the past.
点评:这四段是一个升华段,作者开头通过描写作者写诗方面取得的成就,来体现自己专业方面的能力,后面的部分作者介绍了写诗对于自己的重要性,文学的学习已经影响了自己的各个方面,成为了自己日常生活的一个重要部分。体现出了自己对于文学学习的热爱,和自己继续学习的原因。
In terms of a career, I see myself teaching literature, writing criticism, and going into editing or publishing poetry. Doctoral studies would be valuable to me in several ways. First, your teaching assistantship program would provide me with the practical teaching experience I am eager to acquire. Further, earning a Ph.D. in English and American literature would advance my other two career goals by adding to my skills, both critical and creative, in working with language. Ultimately, however, I see the Ph.D. as an end in itself, as well as a professional stepping-stone; I enjoy studying literature for its own sake and would like to continue my studies on the level demanded by the Ph.D. program.
点评:最后一段,作者通过描述学校可以给自己带来的帮助,体现自己选择学校的原因,同时体现自己毕业后对于职业发展的帮助,使学校可以看到作者申请这所学校的动机和目标。
太傻点评:
大纲:
本文分成四大部分,第一部分开头介绍了自己感兴趣的文学方向,后面介绍了作者在文学方面的研究经历和一篇获奖论文的写作手法,通过经历描述,体现自己的专业背景。第二部分作者通过介绍自己在学习中遇到的问题,和对专业知识追求的渴望,来体现自己PHD学习的目的。第三部分,作者通过描写诗歌在自己生活中的重要地位和作用,来体现出文学对自己的影响,不但体现出了自己的兴趣,而且还可以使读者感受到他学习文学,享受文学的心情。从而使读者相信她会是一个很好的学习者。第四部分,作者大胆展现了自己通过在那里学习后,可以在职业上的发展和目标,更加证明了学校可以给作者的帮助。
主题内容:
文章围绕作者学习文学的经历和追求文学的渴望为主线,描写了作者世界各种文学知识,利用这些不同种类文学的知识,写出了自己的一篇获奖论文的经历,展现了作者的学习能力和在文学方面研究的潜力,同时还通过描写自己遇到的问题以及自己今后职业的目标,体现出了学习PHD的原因和目标。
素材取材:
本篇文章选材并不多,主要以叙述自己掌握的知识和学习的目标及原因。少数的选材都是来自作者在学习阶段的亲身经历。文中选取的获奖论文部分,很好的反映出作者在文学方面的天赋和潜质。
立意:
文章通过描述自己学习知识,应用知识来体现自己在文学?文学的谎言。要是我可以进入到你的学校,我将会特别的关注它的民间的基础,并且继续我的关于盎格鲁撒克逊的学习研究。
写诗可以更加明显的表现在我学校和专业成绩上面。我已经开始在一些小的杂志刊物上面获得了成功,并且我逐渐收集了我的工作手稿。这个收集的优越性要依赖于古典的,圣经的,民间传统,就像每天的经历,是为了庆祝生活中给予和拿走的过程,是文学也是比喻。我的诗说明了也同时影响了我的学术学习。我读过的和学习过的很多东西为我的创造性工作找了一个位置就像一个课题一样的。同时,我学习文学的艺术就是在不断创新的过程中把过去的创作者的一些作品当作工具来做实验。
作为一个职业,我知道我(可以)教授文学,写批注,或者来编辑和出版诗集。博士期间的学习会让我在更多方面更加有价值。首先,你的教学助学奖学金可以提供给我我非常渴望得到的实习教学经验。之后,获得英国和美国文学博士可以提供给我另外的职业分数来增加到我的技能中,包括评论能力和创新能力,运用语言来工作。最终,我知道博士也就是这个学术的最高点了,就是一个学习专业的跳板;我喜欢学习文学是我自己的兴趣,我需要在博士这个学习水平上面继续我的学习。