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I am certain I want to do PhD work in English, but what should I specialize in? I have taken survey courses in American and English and most of my electives have been on criticism or the Novel.

I like learning languages (German, Greek) should I just do Classics or study Anglo-Saxon and Medieval English Literature?

>> No.1151111

I am also an English major, bumpan

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By my powers of deduction I have FORETOLD YOUR FUTURE.
Gaze upon yonder image and all will be revealed.

>> No.1151121

Anglo-Saxon, a dead language in which no great literature was written, and which had little discernible influence on later writing.

Latin & Greek, dead languages which have a bunch of masterpieces each, and which influenced all writing from the Renaissance through James Joyce and beyond.

Do the math.

>> No.1151124

>>1151119
I'm OK with this. I'd rather study something I care about and still be a peon the rest of my life than major in math and make 300k a year or whatever.

>> No.1151131

>>1151124
>Implying you could major in maths

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>Ph.D. in mathematics
>any job I want
>300k starting

besides, how can you think youre smart if your an english major? (a failiure)?

>> No.1151146

>>1151121
I am heavily considering Classics but I want to be able to research and teach the Novel and Modernism and Shakespeare, which I wouldn't be able to do if I study Greek and Latin for five more years.

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>>1151132
>300k starting
I think someone's been feeding you bullshit son.

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>>1151154

>> No.1151162

>>1151146

If you take a summer immersion course, you can be proficient in BOTH Latin and Greek within 2 years. Trust me, they're not hard languages to learn, particularly because you're not learning to speak them.

http://web.gc.cuny.edu/lginst/

That's the most famous summer class in the USA. Not sure where you're located, but that gets a huge international crowd of scholars / undergrads every year....

>> No.1151168

>>1151162
I actually enjoy Greek (I learned Koine because I am at a private university) and am taking my first readings course now in it, but I haven't taken Latin yet (but I probably will next year). Can I get into a Classics program with a year of basic Latin?

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>>1151154
?

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>>1151194
Right so, as a mathematician, show your workings - what leads you to believe this?