1, linguistics
Linguistic rules are not as profound as expected. Linguistics here generally refers to English linguistics. Of course, it is also feasible for English majors to choose Chinese linguistics, Japanese linguistics and German linguistics. It depends on the candidate's second foreign language level.
Most colleges and universities that enroll English majors have English linguistics as a branch discipline, including pragmatics, English grammar, syntax, semantics, phonetics, phonology, morphology, rhetoric and so on.
Although linguistics belongs to the study of basic theory, reading, doing research and writing papers are the most orthodox way out, but not everyone is suitable. Only by proper adjustment and turning can we develop ourselves better. For example, English grammar research can turn to a higher level of translation, and rhetoric research can turn to literary research and even the translation of literary works. If you want to develop in the direction of teachers, candidates should strengthen the training of English teaching methods and skills.
2. Literature
In fact, the direction of literature contains many small directions, the most important of which is British and American literature, in addition to comparative literature and world literature, literary translation and so on. Most domestic schools that recruit English postgraduates generally offer English and American literature majors. Comparative literature and world literature are devoted to the understanding, understanding and comparison between different cultures, and many colleges and universities set this major in the College of Arts instead of the College of Foreign Languages.
The major of British and American literature contains many theoretical problems, such as the author's life, ideological content, writing techniques, literary schools, the development track and artistic characteristics of literary history, as well as the literary phenomena, essence and characteristics in various historical stages, the basic situation of literary language, the trend of literary criticism and so on. The main contents include the history of British and American literature, British and American novels and literary theories.
3. Translation studies
In recent years, translatology has also been divided, not only in the direction of "translatology", but also in many directions such as detailed explanation, translation, literary translation and simultaneous interpretation.
Eight foreign language colleges in China have set up special translation directions, while the translation of other colleges belongs to a small category and is included in language and literature. Generally, only the corresponding tutor can enter the translation direction. Translation direction is one of the directions with a large number of applicants. According to the statistics of Beijing Global Times School, 30% of the students are going to apply for translation.
Translation majors require English majors to have a high foundation, and they will have high-intensity basic skills training such as listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation during the postgraduate entrance examination.
There are great differences between different schools. Some weak schools mainly emphasize translation history and translation theory, but some key schools, especially the School of Foreign Languages, emphasize the cultivation of applied talents, especially the cultivation of practical ability. The learning difficulties of translation, interpretation and simultaneous interpretation are also different, and the order of difficulty is translation-interpretation-simultaneous interpretation.