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M.A. English

Admission Procedure

Merit is determined on the basis of the qualifying examination

Provisional Admission

Graduates with BA degree in any discipline: 55% marks or equivalent CGPA. 

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About The Program

The Master of Arts in English is a postgraduate program designed to enhance students’ understanding of the English language, literature, and associated cultural and critical frameworks.

The curriculum provides participants with analytical and scholarly skills, preparing them for professional pathways in academia, publishing, writing, education, and related fields. The central aim of the program is to inculcate critical thinking, advanced research methodologies, and articulate and persuasive communication skills. Students engage in close analysis and interpretation of literary texts, developing proficiency in writing and speech, and conduct research using diverse source materials. The program encompasses a broad yet focused selection of courses spanning literary theory, linguistics, cultural studies, creative writing, and rhetoric. Students benefit from close mentorship by faculty members who are active scholars and experts in their respective fields. Through dedicated guidance, detailed feedback, and collaborative engagement, faculty support students in refining their research projects, strengthening their analytical writing, and achieving their academic and professional goals.

Eligibility

Graduates with BA degree in any discipline: 55% marks or equivalent CGPA.

Teaching Pedagogies

  • Classroom Instructions : M.A. in English program is built upon a student-centric and blended pedagogical model designed to cultivate advanced literary scholarship and professional development.
  • Discussions : Classroom learning is enriched through scholarly seminars, critical discussions, research-driven presentations, and multimedia projects.
  • Cognitive Development : These methods are designed to develop analytical precision, argumentative skill, and scholarly communication and cognitive development of the leaners.
  • Specialisation : Students are engrossed in writing and critical skills by through dissertation work under the supervision of learned supervisors.

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

The program introduces students to a wide range of emerging areas in the field of literary studies. It inculcates in them a spirit of critical enquiry and develops their analytical and creative faculties.

PEO1

The programme introduces students to a wide range of emerging areas in the field of literary studies. It inculcates in them a spirit of critical enquiry and develops their analytical and creative faculties.

PEO2

To be able to demonstrate competence in analysis and critically analyse scholarly work in the areas of English Literature, literary research and translation.

PEO3

Prepare students to undertake research, analysis, and criticism of literary and cultural texts from different historical periods and genres to enable them to chalk out a career in academia.

PEO4

Enable students to design and undertake individual research which will contribute significantly to his/her intellectual, cultural and societal developments.

PEO5

Develop critical faculties, necessary in an academic environment, on the job, and in a globalized world.

PEO6

Creates passion to engage in lifelong learning students in the development of intellectual flexibility, creativity, and cultural literacy so that they may engage in life-long learning.

Program Outcomes (POs)

The students will develop following attributes after the completion of the Program:

PO1

Critical Thinking

Ability to critically analyze literary texts and substantiate their assumptions with primary and secondary sources.

PO2

Effective Communication

Ability to identify, speak and write about genres, forms, periods, movements in English Literature as well as the ability to understand and engage with literary-critical concepts, theories and categories.

PO3

Social Interaction

Cultivate ability to look at and evaluate literary texts as a field of study and as part of the wider network of local and global culture.

Demonstrate a coherent, systematic knowledge and understanding with regard to the political, social and cultural situations portrayed in the literary texts.

PO4

Effective Citizenship

Have the ability to ponder, articulate and demonstrate his/her role as conscious citizen of India

To enable students to develop an awareness of the linguistic-cultural richness of India as an important outcome of English literary studies in India.

PO5

Ethics

Cultivate knowledge for better understanding of ethical values that guides them in life at all stages.

Apply ethical practices in all kinds of composition and research writing.

PO6

Environment and Sustainability

Develop environment consciousness and work towards fulfillment of sustainable development goals.

PO7

Self-Directed and Life-Long Learning

Arousing the interests of the students.

To have self -motivation to assimilate the ever-widening horizon of knowledge.

Make more meaningful choices regarding career after completion of Master’s Program, in mass media, journalism, and teaching English at different levels.

Program Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

PSO 1

Create heightened awareness in social, cultural, ethnicity, ecology and gender through literature.

PSO 2

Ability to engage with relevant scholarly works in order to develop one’s own critical point of view and present one’s views coherently and persuasively.

PSO 3

Develop analytical, research-oriented and organizational skills.

PSO 4

Cultivate and develop physical, intellectual, emotional, aesthetic, ethical and spiritual values to become conscientious citizen.

Career Pathways

  • The Master of Arts in English prepares graduates for a versatile range of careers across academic, creative, and professional sectors.
  • This includes pathways in teaching and education, journalism and mass communication, content development, editing, publishing, advertising, public relations, and corporate communications, as well as roles within civil services, social sector organizations, and cultural institutions.
  • Additionally, the program provides a robust scholarly foundation for advanced study, including professional certifications and doctoral research.

Notes: Semester 1 and 2 are applicable only for regular entry students. Lateral entry students begin from Semester 3.

Course Curriculum

Semester 1

  • English Literature from Chaucer to Milton
  • Eighteenth Century English Literature
  • 17th & 18th Century Drama / European Comedy
  • Language and Linguistics / Cultural Studies
  • Partition Literature / Dalit Literature
  • General Proficiency

Semester 2

  • British Romantic Poetry
  • Literary Criticism-1
  • Literature and Gender / American Literature
  • Novel in India / Australian Literature
  • General Proficiency

Semester 3

  • Nineteenth Century Novel
  • Twentieth Century Poetry and Drama
  • Early Humanist Literature / Ancient Greek & Latin
  • Literature and the Visual Arts in Europe / Popular Literature
  • Twentieth Century Novel / Literature and Diaspora
  • General Proficiency

Semester 4

  • Indian Literature
  • Literary Criticism-2
  • New Literatures in English / Postcolonial Literature
  • Literature and Cinema / Violence and Memory Studies
  • Dissertation and Viva Voce
  • General Proficiency

Frequently Asked Questions

It is a postgraduate programme focusing on literature, language, theory, and criticism across periods, genres, and cultures.

The programme usually lasts two years, divided into four semesters.

Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree in English or related disciplines are eligible, subject to university norms.

Critical thinking, academic writing, research ability, communication, and interpretative skills.

Teaching, research, content writing, publishing, journalism, civil services, and corporate communication.

Yes, it helps in NET/SET, UPSC, and other competitive examinations.

Yes it includes a project or dissertation in the final semester.

British, American, Indian, World Literature, Literary Theory, Linguistics, Cultural Studies, and Gender Studies.

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