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Section 6 GRE Subject Test for LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Literature in English Test
I. Literary Analysis 40-55%
Questions that call on an ability to interpret given passages of prose and poetry. Such questions may involve recognition of conventions and genres, allusions and references, meaning and tone, grammatical structures and rhetorical strategies, and literary techniques. ]
II. Identification 15-20%
Recognition of date, author, or work by style and/or content (for literary theory identifications see IV below).
III. Cultural and Historical Contexts 20-25%
Questions on literary, cultural, and intellectual history, as well as identification of author or work through a critical statement or biographical information. Also identification of details of
character, plot, or setting of a work.
IV. History and Theory of Literary Criticism 10-15%
Identification and analysis of the characteristics and methods of various critical and theoretical approaches. The literary-historical scope of the test follows the distribution below.
1. Continental, Classical, and Comparative Literature through 1925 5-10%
2. British Literature to 1660 (including Milton) 25-30%
3. British Literature 1660-1925 30-35%
4. American Literature through 1925 15-25%
5. American, British, and World Literatures after 1925 20-25%