COURSES
Master's Programme in English

Objective
M.A English is designed particularly for those students who wish to pursue English as an all inclusive and multi-disciplinary field of study. The substantive foci of the programme is to familiarize the students with the intellectually stimulating mix of the classical and the modern, the conformist and the reactionary, the central and the peripheral, the inter-disciplinary and the intra-disciplinary , the personal and the political that the field of English studies has become today. The present programme aims at the study of the dynamics of both literature and language so as to give a firmer footing to the students of English. While designing the courses, emphasis has been laid on orienting the students to the study of different genres of literature and exposing them to the wide variety of English literatures which is the current trend in the field. However, the first two semesters includes the courses which introduce to the student concepts, issues, debates and developments in English language and language teaching. An inclusion of these courses increases considerably the already high employability of the English postgraduates.

An important aspect of the syllabus is that considerable care has been taken to keep in mind the requirements of qualifying exams like SLET and NET and other competitive exams in English.

The programme incorporates a dissertation which students will be required to submit in the final semester of the programme. An adequate literary training requires ability to research and write substantial papers. The dissertation, it is expected, will enable students to write their first long and independent thesis under faculty supervision.

 

Semester II Code Subject L-T-P Credit PLNL 106P British Poetry -Il 3-1-0 4 PLNL 107P British Drama-Il 3-1-0 4 PLNL 108P British Fiction-Il 3-1-0 4 PLNL 109P British Non-Fiction-Il 3-1-0 4 PLNL 110P Introduction. to Linguistics & English Language Teaching-Il 3-1-0 4 Total Credits 20

 

Semester III Code Subject L-T-P Credit PLNL 201P American Literature 3-1-0 4 PLNL 202P Post-colonial literature 3-1-0 4 PLNL 203P Literature in Translation 3-1-0 4 PLNL 204P Literary Criticism-I 3-1-0 4 PLNL 205P Introduction to Cultural Studies 3-1-0 4 Total Credits 20

 

Semester IV Code Subject L-T-P Credit PLNL 206P Literary Criticism-II 3-1-0 4 PLNL 207P Introduction to Gender Studies 3-1-0 4 PLNL 208P Dissertation & Seminar 0-1-0 8+4 Total Credits 20

LIST OF COMPULSORY COURSES
A wide variety of optional courses is being recommended here. However, which of these will be made available to students and in which semester will be decided by the school of Philosophy and Culture.

1 British Poetry from Chaucer to Gray. 2 British Drama from Marlowe to Congreve. 3 British Fiction from Aphra Behn to George Eliot. 4 British Non-Fiction from Thomas More to Bacon. 5 British Poetry from Wordsworth to Heaney 6 British Drama from Shaw to Pinter. 7 British Fiction-II from Thomas hardy to Kinsley Amis. 8 British Non-Fiction-II from Addison to Russell. 9 Introduction to Linguistics & English Language Teaching-I 10 Introduction to Linguistics & English Language Teaching-II 11 Literary Criticism-I 12 Literary Criticism-II 13 Literature in Translation 14 American Literature 15 Post Colonial Literature 16 Introduction to Cultural Studies 17 Introduction to Gender Studies 18 Dissertation

Certificate Course in French Language (CCFL)
In the first phase of its endeavor to impart foreign language courses, School of Languages is offering a Certificate Course in French language, a language which is the official or language of use in some 50 countries all over the world. With regard to the French language, when we come down to our country, India is collaborating with developed and the developing French speaking countries especially in Africa. In the past and especially in India a large number of universities and Academic institutions are introducing foreign language courses including French. Sixty students from various disciplines of engineering and some from management have registered for the course.
Professor Romey Borges, Former Chairperson, French centre JNU, Delhi & a Specialist in the teaching of French as a Foreign language in the Indian context is the Instructor of the course.
The prime objective of the course is to build a strong base for the four language skills and to gradually initiate the students to reading French magazines and newspapers.

Methodology: 

• Emphasis on speaking.

• Knowledge and application of the International Phonetic Alphabet to the French Language.

• Exposure to French speaking countries in addition to France

• Continuous evaluation of performance. Written & oral tests followed by the final examination.

•  Autonomous learning of the French language with the help of the Dictionary prescribed.

 Books Prescribed:
Makowski, Francois.2005, French Made Easy. Goyal    Publishers& Distributors Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi  &  Langendscheidt Bilingual Pocket French Dictionary. Goyal Publishers Ltd. Films and Songs in French.