美国留学硕士的申请书模板

Dear x,

　　My ‘A’ Level English studies have introduced me to a more academic teachingstyle with an emphasis on the need for independent work, in order to gain thevery best grades. I enjoy seeking more depth and insight, whether for schooltexts of private reading and study. I have often made use of Leach Scragg’s“Discovering Shakespeare’s Meaning” when studying “Romeo and Juliet”, “Macbeth”,“Twelfth Night” and “The Merchant of Venice” to help me to read and understandthe plays more thoroughly. Anthony Holden’s biography has given me a basicunderstanding of Shakespeare and his world. I have recently purchased “LiteraryTheory: An Anthology”, edited by Rivkin and Ryan to support my developinginterest in critical theory.

　　In my studies to date I have looked at the modern novel but have recentlybecome interested in learning more about the Victorian novel as the precursor tomodernism. I am exploring the concept of the didactic, omniscient narrator andhow Victorian authors dealt with issues of contemporary social change. I haveread Dickens’s “Great Expectations” and am currently reading Eliot’s“Middlemarch”. A theme that interests me is that of religious faith and doubtalso expressed at the time through Victorian post-romantic poetry, such asArnold’s “Dover Beach” and Clough’s “The Latest Decalogue”.

　　My reading of modern literature, exploring the theme of “teenage angst” hasincluded works by J.D.Salinger, Nicky Hornby and Sue Townsend. I have alsoenjoyed the monologue art form of Alan Bennett’s “Talking Heads”. Through hisartless narrators I feel that Bennett successfully reveals the comic aspect ofthe too often tragic human condition. (This tragedy is explored further in thedarker, “Talking Heads Two”).

　　My other studies have broadened my knowledge but I have been keen toincorporate literary aspects. In art, I am currently writing a critical andanalytical study on “Stuckism” and last year I completed a piece of work basedon the Canterbury Tales. French, apart from providing me with a second modernlanguage, has given me the opportunity to sample foreign literature i.e.Pagnol’s “Jean de Florette” and “Manon des Sources”. I have also found thathaving to communicate in a foreign language has given me the skill of revisingmy thinking before I speak or write. Next summer I am going to stay with Frenchfriends in the South of France and am then hoping to considerably improve myfluency.

　　My vocational ‘A’ Level in “Media: Production and Communication” hasfuelled an interest in linguistics that I have furthered by reading “The Stateof the Language” by Phillip Howard. This ‘A’Level has helped me to appreciatethe richness of the English Language with its jargon, slang, dialects, argot,clichés, and foreign influences. It has given me the opportunity to edit andwrite for “The xxxxxxxx” and the ambition to be involved in campus publicationsin the future.

　　I enjoy going to the theatre and have seen productions by the RSC, ourlocal TOADs theatre company as well as televised productions such as “A Day inthe Death of Joe Egg”. I have also had a role in a university student play andhad the opportunity to watch other degree level drama.

　　Yours sincerely,