Frequently asked questions in English thesis defense

When defending a thesis, don't be too nervous. Just answer the teacher's questions carefully. It shouldn't embarrass the students.

frequently asked questions in English thesis defense

simple questions:

what's the significance of your paper?

　What's the originality of your paper?

this kind of question is very common, as long as you are familiar with your own paper.

Difficult question:

The teacher may pick out something very detailed that you wrote, for example, others think this character is like this, why do you think it is like that, but these two views are just the opposite?

when I was defending, the teacher asked me: I wrote The Legend of Narnia by C.S.Lewis. The teacher asked: Will Narnia written by the author really come true? This is difficult to answer, because it is possible to stand in the author's point of view, and it is almost impossible from a realistic point of view.

when defending, you usually don't turn over the papers. Because you must be familiar with your paper, on the other hand, you can't read the answers to the questions asked by the teacher well. Unless the teacher says turn to a page, what's your opinion on this page and explain why? This will turn over the paper.

The teacher does. Sometimes, he doesn't ask any difficult questions. He just points out where your paper has been revised. Because you have to submit the final draft for filing after the final defense, you will continue to change the format and so on.

suggestion: to have a certain understanding of your own Bibliography, some teachers will ask what opinions are said in a certain literature, and just answer these questions in general, so you need to know what literature you have used. English opening remarks of thesis defense

Good morning, professors and everyone. I come from JMU College. I am XXX and my supervisor is prof XXX. With her sincere and intellectual guidance, I have finished my paper.

　The title of my paper is An Analysis of Ahab? s Personality Tragedy in Moby Dick. I choose this title as my topic due to the following reasons. Firstly, I am fond of literature works , especially gothic literature works. Secondly, I am quite familiar with this work as this is one of the texts in our American literature course . Last but not least , Moby-Dick is widely recognized as the summit not only of Melville? s art but of American nineteenth-centry fiction.

　The purpose of this essay is to study Captain Ahab,the role in Moby-Dick, whose leg was bitten by the white whale in his process of the whaling. After losing his leg, he determined to revenge Moby Dick and tried to kill it. In order to revenge, Ahab ultimately dooms the crew of the Pequod (save for Ishmael) to death by his obsession with Moby Dick. By taking the comprehensive analysis perspective of Moby-Dick, this thesis will point out that the main characteristics of Ahab.

　This paper consists of three parts. Part one presents an introduction to the S ocial Background and the life of the Author Herman Melvillehe , Part two presents The Main Characteristics of Ahab. there are three aspects have been divided to analyze his characters: his monomania , his selfishness, and his individualism. Part three presents The Consequences of Ahab's Personality Tragedy.

　OK, that's all. Thank you !

Questions:

1. How to use theory to analyze

2. Test you for a trademark translation in your paper, so be familiar with the translation in your paper as an example

3. What is monomania?

4. What are the symbolic meanings of Moby Dick

5. Why did Captain Ahab take revenge?