Course Details
Master of Arts (English)
Objectives
The course on English engages with literatures and cultures in English or translated into English and interprets and formulates cultural theories. The subject is also a study of not only how language is used in literature but also of the
(a) intimate connection between language and culture
(b) the displacement of language by hegemonic structures
(c) the significance of language in formulating, spreading and continuing ideas
(d) the imperial-colonial debates centred on language. In its concerns with literature, the subject engages with
- processes of creativity and of appreciation i.e., poetics and aesthetics
- comparative literature across languages and cultures
- the act of literary representation and of methodologies, traditions and schools of interpretation
- the connection between visual representation, verbal image building and the nature of the mimetic act; and
- with the politics of language.
Syllabus
First Year | Second Year (Only for 2012-13 and back papers) Programme Code: MEG- 10 | ||
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Code | Subject | Code | Subject |
MAEL- 101 | Prose and Fiction | MEG- 05 | Principles of Criticism |
MAEL- 102 | English Poetry up to 18th century | MEG- 06 | Victorian Age |
MAEL- 103 | Drama | MEG- 07 | Twentieth Century |
MAEL- 104 | Criticism: From Plato to New Criticism | MEG- 08 | Indian Writing |
MEG- 09 | American Literature |
Eligibility
Any Graduate from a Recognized Indian University and residing in India is eligible for admission to the Online Programmes as Indian student.
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