THE
UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH & CULTURE STUDIES
Syllabus for M.A. in English (Effective from 2014-16 Session)
The new MA course in English offers training in canonical English literature as well as emergent interdisciplinary fields, to postgraduate students of literature. The course is designed to lend competence in English language skills, through a close reading of literature. At the same time, the course hones research skills, making students aware of the cultural contexts of literary studies. The project writing component (that encourages field work) ensures the research intensive nature of the course.
The new MA course exposes students to the complex operations of English in India today; sensitizes them in the process to social concerns, and to literature’s task of making our existence meaningful in the contemporary world. The course is socially inclusive in intent and the outreach component of project papers is testimony to the same.
Credits and Evaluation: The course has four semesters and is spread over a period of two years. Students will be required to take fifteen compulsory or ‘core’ (of 75 credit points), four major elective (of 20 credit points) and one minor elective (of a minimum of 2 credit points, offered by other departments) courses. The minor elective courses offered in this syllabus are meant for the students of other departments. Each paper of 5 credits shall have 5 hour session of lectures per week over a period of one semester of 16 weeks for teaching-learning process. Evaluation will be based on end semester examination and internal assessment. For end semester examination, each paper will carry 40 marks and will be of two hours’ duration. Project paper will carry 50 marks (of which 10 marks will be for social outreach and 10 for viva-versa).
Course Structure
Course Code
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Course Title
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Credits
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First Semester
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PG/ENG/101 (CORE)
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5
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50
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PG/ENG/102 (CORE)
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Medieval and Renaissance English Literature I
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5
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50
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PG/ENG/103 (CORE)
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Shakespeare I (Plays & Poems)
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5
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50
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PG/ENG/104
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Shakespeare
II (Background, Reception and
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5
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50
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(CORE)
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Translation)
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PG/ENG/105
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Classical
Literature & Criticism
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5
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50
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Second Semester
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PG/ENG/201
(CORE)
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Eighteenth Century English
Literature I
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5
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50
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PG/ENG/202
(CORE)
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Eighteenth Century English
Literature II
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5
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50
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PG/ENG/203
(CORE)
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Nineteenth Century English
Literature I
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5
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50
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PG/ENG/204
(CORE)
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Nineteenth Century English
Literature II
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5
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50
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PG/ENG/205
(CORE)
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Literary Criticism: Renaissance to
Modern
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5
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50
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Third Semester
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PG/ENG/301
(CORE)
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Modern English Literature till 1950
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5
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50
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PG/ENG/302
(CORE)
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Post 1950s English Literature
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5
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50
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PG/ENG/303
(CORE)
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Literary
Theory and Contemporary Thoughts I
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5
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50
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PG/ENG/304
(CORE)
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Literary
Theory and Contemporary Thoughts II
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5
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50
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PG/ENG/305
(CORE)
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Popular Culture /Indian Literature
in English
Translation* |
5
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50
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Fourth Semester
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PG/ENG/401
(MAJOR ELECTIVE)
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Indian
English Literature /
American
Literature/Australian
Literature
/*
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5
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50
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PG/ENG/402
(MAJOR ELECTIVE)
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Translation Studies / Literature
& Films/
African Literature*
|
5
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50
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PG/ENG/403
(MAJOR ELECTIVE)
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Literature of South Asian Diaspora / Folklore
Studies
/Trauma & Literature*
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5
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50
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PG/ENG/404
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Gender and Literature / Race &
Caste Studies /
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5
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50
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(MAJOR ELECTIVE)
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Environment & Literature*
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PG/ENG/405
(CORE)
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Project
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5
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50
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