B.A English Language and Literature

PSO1:To help students to have a strong foundation in English Literature and develop comprehension knowledge of literary history and theories
PSO2:To facilitate and encourage students to read wisely, acquire knowledge of English Literature from various parts of the world To make students proficient in oral and written communication.
PSO3:To develop communicative competency and enable them to communicate in academic, corporate and government domains.
PSO4:To identify language variations (formal/informal, American/British) and use the appropriate variety in a given context.
PSO5:To help students develop critical and analytical skills in interpreting literary texts.
PSO6:To assist the students from rural area in acquiring intellectual and personal skills which are transferable to a wide range of employment contexts and life experiences.

M.A English Language and Literature

PSO1:critically interact with works from different contexts: social, political, economic, historical and national as subjects conscious of their own socio-historic specificity and thus their level of critical thinking is enhanced.
PSO2: become thorough with reading works with theoretical basis
PSO3:Students become capable of interpreting and exploring relationships from the points of view of different people.
PSO4:become inspired by fiction, open up their minds and stimulate the sympathetic/empathic imagination by allowing them to see the world through other’s eyes as well to foster intercultural dialogue
PSO5:approach and appreciate Indian literature in English and explore its uniqueness and its place among the literatures in English.
PSO6:learn what language is and what knowledge a language consist of. This is provided by basic examination of internal organization of sentences, words, and sound systems. The course assumes no prior training in linguistics.
PSO7:get sensitized with the critical tools used in the reading of literature
PSO8:form an idea of the complex nature of literary studies and how they are entangled with other aspects of the social body.
PSO9:gain perceptive insights into the socio-political dynamics, the structuring points of view, the dominant ideology, hegemony, the prevailing common sense and communal underpinnings that mediate the writing, production, reception and survival of a work.

B.A English Language and Literature

Semester 1

COURSE 1 – Methodology of Literary Studies

On completion of the course, the student should be able to discern the following:
CO1. The emergence of literature as a specific discipline within the humanities.
CO2. The tenets of what is now known as traditional approaches and also that of formalism
CO3. The shift towards contextual-political critiques of literary studies.
CO4. The questions raised by Cultural Studies and Feminism(s)
CO5. The issues of sublaternity and regionality in the literary domain.

Semester 2

COURSE 2 – Introducing Language and Literature

On completion of the course, the student should be able to discern the following:
CO1. The evolution and the differential traits of the English language till the present time.
CO2. The evolution of literature from antiquity to postmodern times.
CO3. The diversity of genres and techniques of representation and narration
CO4. The links between literature and film as narrative expressions.
CO5. The emergence of British and American Literature through diverse periods

Semester 3

COURSE 3 – Harmony of Prose

On completion of the course, the student should be able to discern the following:
CO1. familiar with varied prose styles of expression.
CO2. aware of eloquent expressions, brevity and aptness of voicing ideas in stylish language.

COURSE 4 – Symphony of Verse

On completion of the course the students shall have:
CO1. an understanding of the representation of poetry in various periods of the English tradition.
CO2. an awareness of the emerging cultural and aesthetic expressions that poetry makes possible.

Semester 4

COURSE 5 – Modes of Fiction

On completion of the course, the student will have CO1: To comprehended the categories of British and non- British short fiction, and also the novel as a form of literary expression.

COURSE 6 – Language and Linguistics

This course seeks to achieve the following:
CO1. To show the various organs and processes involved in the production of speech, the types and typology of speech sounds, segmental & suprasegmental features of the English language, and transcription using IPA.
CO2. To describe and explain morphological processes and phenomena.
CO3. To show the various processes involved in the generation of meaning
CO4. To enhance students‘ awareness that natural language is structure dependent and generative and to develop their ability to observe, describe and explain grammatical processes and phenomena.

Semester 5

COURSE 7 – Acts on the Stage

On completion of the course, the student shall be:
CO1. familiar with the works of the playwrights included in the course.
CO2. informed about the broad genre-based nuances in the realm of drama.
CO3. able to appreciate and critique drama as an art form.

COURSE 8 – Literary Criticism and Theory

On completion of the course, the student:
CO1. will have awareness about the major developments in literary criticism from the ancient times to the twentieth century.
CO2. will be initiated to the realm of literary theory and major theoretical schools.
CO3. will have awareness about the chief strains of Indian literary criticism.
CO4. will be able to analyse short poetical pieces critically.

COURSE 9 – Indian Writing in English

On completion of the course, the student should be aware of the following:
CO1. The subtle flavours that distinguish the Indian‘ quotient in English writings from India.
CO2. The different concerns that Indian English writers share, cutting across sub-nationalities and regionalities.
CO3. The locus standi of diasporic Indian‘ writers.

COURSE – Environmental Science and Human Rights

CO1.To develop the sense of awareness among the students about the environment and its various problems and to help the students in realizing the inter-relationship between man and CO2 environment and helps to protect the nature and natural resources.
CO2.To help the students in acquiring the basic knowledge about environment and the social norms that provides unity with environmental characteristics and create positive attitude about the environment.

Semester 6

COURSE 10 – Postcolonial Literatures

On completion of the course, the student will:
CO1. be aware of the social, political, cultural aspects of postcolonial societies.
CO2. realise the impact of colonialism and imperialism on native cultural identities.
CO3. get an insight into the links between language, history and culture.

COURSE 11 – Women Writing

On completion of the course, the students will be able to:
CO1. critically respond to literature from a feminist perspective.
CO2. realize how the patriarchal notions pervade in the social and cultural scenario and how feminism exposes these notions.
CO3. identify how stereotypical representations of women were constructed and how these are subverted by feminist writing

COURSE 12 – American Literature

At the end of the course, the student shall be:
CO1. familiar with the evolution of various literary movements in American literature.
CO2. acquainted with the major authors in American Literary History.

COURSE 13 – Modern World Literature

On completion of the course, the students should be able to discern the following:
CO1. That literatures the world over engage in very deep ways with the vicissitudes of life.
CO2. World literatures often defy genres/regionalities and canonical assumptions to emerge as a platform where poetics and politics fuse.
CO3. The notion of Major and Minor, Central and Peripheral literatures is a myth.

Complementary Courses

Semester 3

Course 3: The Evolution of Literary Movements: The Shapers of Destiny

CO1. To give the learner a comprehensive overview of the history of Britain and its impact upon the rest of the world
CO2. To enable him to understand English literature in the light of historical events
CO3. To analyse the manner in which a person is moulded by the historical events of his personal and communal life

Semester 4

Course 4: The Evolution of Literary Movements: The Cross Currents of Change

By the end of the course it is hoped that:
CO1. students will be competent to understand literature against the backdrop of history.
CO2. students will be inspired to contribute dynamically to historical and literary processes

Semester 5

OPEN COURSE

Course 3 – English for Careers

On completion of the course, the students should be able:
CO1. To develop communicative skills, which will enable them to prepare for a career and function effectively in it.
CO2. To equip themselves in oral and written communication to enhance their academic and professional use of language.
CO3. To train themselves in making effective presentations.

CHOICE BASED COURSES

Course 3 – Regional Literatures in Translation

On completion of the course, the student should be able to comprehend the following:
CO1. An understanding of much discussed writers/literary pieces in the vernaculars.
CO2. The modern trends in regional literatures.

 

M.A English Language and Literature

SEMESTER 1

EN010101-Up Until Chaucer: Early Literatures in English

CO1. Students will get a sense of the major themes in Ancient and Medieval English literature
CO2.Understanding of the standardising creative consolidation initiated by Chaucer and his peers.
CO3.Students will get a thorough idea of the religious and cultural temperament of the period

EN010102-Literatures of the English Renaissance

CO1.Students will be familiar with the literature, thought and culture of the Renaissance period in England.
CO2.Imbibing of the true spirit of Renaissance and Humanism making them capable of identifying the relationship between Renaissance writings and its socio-political context.
CO3.Students will study the diverse aspects of tragedy and comedy of the Elizabethan period

EN010103-Literatures of the English Revolution/ Enlightenment

CO1.Learners will be familiar with the Puritan ideals of the late seventeenth century and the neoclassical vigour of the 18th Century influenced by Enlightenment.
CO2.Introduces the learners to an in-depth critique of the philosophy of the Enlightenment.
CO3.Students will able to interpret the different genres employed during the specific period and the contribution of the concerned writers.

EN010104-19th Century English Literatures

CO1.Students will develop an insight in to the fundamental premises of the Romantic Movement and Victorian literature, their theoretical and ideological frameworks.
CO2.Students will know the theoretical premises of the British Romantic Movement and Victorian Age and the shift from Romantic Spirit to the Victorian Sensibility.
CO3.Students will acquire a deep knowledge about the unique characteristics of the Victorian society and Victorian literature.

EN010105-Literary Criticism

CO1.Students will get a clear understanding regarding the key concepts and texts of literary criticism ever since its emergence.
CO2.Students will recognize the historical, political and aesthetic dimensions of the growth of literary criticism.
CO3.tudents will be able to compare and contrast the different schools of literary criticism.

SEMESTER 2

EN010201-Modernity and Modernisms

CO1.Students will get a comprehensive understanding of the literary trends of the early twentieth century in the context of the sensibility of literary modernism in the wake of the World War.
CO2.Acknowledgement of the changed literary perspectives in the twentieth century, along with the social, economic and political background.
CO3.Students will get a chance to examine the works of the twentieth century writers.

EN010202-Postmodernism and Beyond

CO1.Students will acknowledge the heterogeneity of thought and articulation through studying the prescribed literary works. Learners will be able to trace the evolution of postmodern fiction over the decades with its culmination in the cyberpunk.
CO2.The learners are to be familiarised with the eclectic dimensions of postmodern thought as reflected in the prescribed literary works.

EN010203-American Literatures

CO1.Students will be able to trace the evolution of American Literature as a separate branch possessing distinctive characteristic features.
CO2.Students will acquaint with some of the major conflicts, struggles and movements that are closely connected with the American Literatures.
CO3.Students will acquaint with the American literary modernism.

EN010204-English Language History and Contemporary Linguistics

CO1.To inculcate in the students the basic concepts of linguistics, the scientific study of language after initiating them into the history of English language.
CO2.Students will cover the important areas in linguistics and updates the pupil on the most recent advances in the theory of language study.
CO3.Students will be able to comprehend the study of language including syntax, semantics and phonetics.

EN010205-Thinking Theory

CO1.Students will realise certain core aspects of what is currently designated as ‘literary theory’.
CO2.Students will get an exposure to select current developments in the domain of ‘literary theory’.
CO3.Students will get a chance to evaluate different literary textson the basis of psycho analytical, linguistic, and stylistic theories.

SEMESTER 3

EN010301-Reading India

CO1.To provide an insight to the historical, cultural and literary heritage of Indian literature in English.
CO2.Students will explore the origin and growth of Indian writing in English especially in the colonial and post colonial context.
CO3.Students will get an overall understanding of the pluralistic aspects of Indian culture and identity

EN010302-Post Colonial Fiction

CO1.To introduce the students to the discursive nature of colonialism, and the counter-discursive impulses of postcolonial theory, narratives and texts.
CO2.Students will realise the consequences of European expansion and the creation and exploitation of the ‘other’ worlds.
CO3.Students will be able to interpret literature based on Post Colonial theory.

EN010303-Body, Text and Performance

CO1.To facilitate an understanding of the basic structural, thematic and theoretical patterns which govern the poetic process, in relation to the performativity.
CO2.Students will realise the way the aspects of power and powerlessness are constructed and performed in Drama, Theatre, Body.
CO3.Students will realise how texts become the products of cultures and strategies of performance.

EN010304-Literature and Gender

CO1.To highlight the historic, thematic and cultural concerns that literature attempts against the backdrop of gender issues.
CO2.Students will study of the issue of patriarchal oppression portrayed in literature along with and addresses the issue of Gender and Community Identity.
CO3.Students will study the portrayal of the victimization of women in society and literature.

EN010305-Ethics in/as Literature

CO1.To familiarise the student with certain ‘ethics’ that narrative fiction has adopted across centuries, continents and languages.
CO2.Students will be introduced to the various ethical, formal choices that schools, influences and narrative devices have upheld so as to shape narrative fiction into its present expressive plurality.
CO3.Students will be able to analyse some classical characters on the basis of theories of ethics.

SEMESTER 4

EN010401-Cultural Studies

CO1.To introduce students to certain interpretive strategies commonly employed in Cultural Studies.
CO2.Students will be able to use interdisciplinary approaches for exploring how cultural processes and artifacts are produced, shaped, distributed, consumed, and responded to in diverse ways.
CO3.Students will be familiar with the major theories of popular culture.

EN010402-Postcolonial Poetry

CO1.To introduce the students to the variety of poetry coming from the former colonies of the European countries.
CO2.Students will be able to realise and react against issues of sovereignty, language, race, gender, identity and place.
CO3.Students will be able to interpret Postcolonial Poetry on the basis of Postcolonial theory

EN820401-Modern European Fiction

CO1.To make clear the students, the evolution of European fiction of the modern times.
CO2.Students will be familiar with the major movements related with European novel and major writers of European Fiction along with European philosophies like Existentialism and Naturalism.
CO3.Students will be familiar with Europe’s best fictions in translation.

EN820402-Modern European Drama

CO1.To familiarize the student with modern European Drama and their style, technique and politics.
CO2.Students will realise the social and cultural contexts of modern European Drama and the effect of poststructuralist theories and the rise of feminist and environmental theatre.
CO3.Students will be familiar with Europe’s best dramas in translation.

EN820403-Indian Poetics: Theories and Texts

CO1.To familiarise the students with the most important works of the Indian poetic tradition and their theories.
CO2.Students will be familiar with the important aspects of Indian Aesthetics and the beauty of Tamil poetics along with the vital ancient Sanskrit works.
CO3.Students will be familiar with the classical works of India in translation.