GRE Literature in English Test

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The GRE Literature in English Test is a standarized test administered by the Educational Testing Service. It is intended to evaluate applicants seeking admission to a graduate program in English Studies. The test surveys a wide range of topics related to literature in English, but the focus is on works long accepted as part of the canon. Because of this, many graduate programs do not require the test for applicants, as they interested in accepting students who wish to do research in areas that are not as prominently evaluated by the subject test, such as women or minority writers, or literary theory. Included in the group of programs not requiring the test are some of the most prestigious, although other prominent programs continue to require it. One argument for continuing to require the test is that there are often numerous applicants to a given program with very similarly high qualifications; the subject test offers admissions committees one more factor in measuring student competency, and at any rate, while the canon is no longer at the center of English studies research, knowledge of it is not detrimental to a students aptitude.

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