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English or Literature?
VivaTequila:
You guys need to realise that English and Literature are not different in essay writing. An essay is an essay; it's meant to convey a point of view and articulate your response to some sort of stimulus.
English is more "structured" because it is the mainstream subject. The only difference that sets Literature students out from the rest is that you they are expected to be able to fabricate a piece of writing in Literature that goes somewhere; that offers an opinion, and a deep one at that - without using the "TEEL" approach. Literature students are encouraged to not have a topic sentence, but rather to cumulatively develop meaning throughout their paragraphs, and where you go with them should be essentially transparent from the outset. I've aced many English SACs by simply using the same style of writing that I use in Lit.
As long as you communicate your point of view and it's coherent and structured, it doesn't matter whether you use TEEL or not - just articulate yourself clearly and develop a reasoned piece of prose.
As long as
RossiJ:
--- Quote from: VivaTequila on September 08, 2011, 10:28:58 am ---You guys need to realise that English and Literature are not different in essay writing. An essay is an essay; it's meant to convey a point of view and articulate your response to some sort of stimulus.
English is more "structured" because it is the mainstream subject. The only difference that sets Literature students out from the rest is that you they are expected to be able to fabricate a piece of writing in Literature that goes somewhere; that offers an opinion, and a deep one at that - without using the "TEEL" approach. Literature students are encouraged to not have a topic sentence, but rather to cumulatively develop meaning throughout their paragraphs, and where you go with them should be essentially transparent from the outset. I've aced many English SACs by simply using the same style of writing that I use in Lit.
As long as you communicate your point of view and it's coherent and structured, it doesn't matter whether you use TEEL or not - just articulate yourself clearly and develop a reasoned piece of prose.
As long as
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YEAH BAXTER!
tloves:
Couple of months ago I had an English examiner as a sub and someone asked this exact question. He said that they've specifically structured the English course so that students who are linear thinkers can handle it just as well as more creative thinkers, and maybe even so that creative thinkers are disadvantaged a bit, thus leveling the playing field so-to-speak (because of the necessity of such formulaic responses). Which makes sense, I guess...considering it's the only compulsory subject and it's pretty unfair when people who aren't interested in or have trouble with maths can choose not to take any maths subjects but people who can't stand Eng have to do it anyway.
But yeah, being someone who has taken and is doing well in both I can say with Lit I barely ever even write an introduction and have still gotten full marks. With English I try to pretty much recycle the same topic sentences (replacing stuff when necessary) and get high to full marks also. So to me the difference is pretty much what everyone else is saying - English is all about simple responses whereas Lit gives you more freedom and you can write a ridiculously unstructured essay but still get good marks so long as you've got some insightful statements backed with evidence in there. BUT that's not to say you can't use the English way of essay writing in Lit, actually that'd probably be better 'cause you'd get better and better at it if you're taking both and getting that much practice.
Beginner:
I was curious, if I was to be a Vet or a Doctor.
Should I do Literature or English?
pi:
I honestly don't think either subject would help too much with either occupation. Probably english though as it is more "mainstream", but the difference would be insignificant for your question :)
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