English Language and Literature Istanbul Aydin University

Overview

The  applicants have to  comply with the  requirements specified in the regulations of the Institute for Graduate Studies  in Social Sciences and also have to have a reading knowledge in one of the modern European languages.

The student chooses two areas of concentration, building upon his/ her master's background, and focuses on a field of interest such as a historical  period, a genre, or literary theory and criticism on this  English Language and Literature programme from  Istanbul Aydin University .

Features

• The qualifying examination scrutinizes knowledge in the areas of concentration and awareness of the  methods of critical interpretation. Each student submits a dissertation in a form approved by his/ her dissertation director and by a committee appointed by  the department.

• A final  public oral examination is given after the candidate's dissertation has been  read and approved. The following topics are to be covered in the examination: a  justification of the subject treated and the methods chosen, an account of any  new contributions made. The student must develop and answer a series of  questions growing out of subjects presented in the dissertation.